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  • HNC Feature: Building social connections in practice
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    HNC Feature: Building social connections in practice

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2026 . 03 . 022026 . 03 . 02

    Happy Cities led a national workshop series for planners in collaboration with Hey Neighbour Collective and SFU Renewable Cities.

    Read More HNC Feature: Building social connections in practiceContinue

  • Panelists at the Living Together Symposium sit in white couches against a yellow and red artwork, with green plants and participants in the foreground.
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    Living Together 2025 in Action

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2025 . 09 . 162026 . 04 . 13

    We set out to capture the essence of the Living Together Symposium, for those who couldn’t be there in person (and for those who want to revisit the experience!). 

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  • Jean Paul speaks with a participant at the Living Together Symposium in May 2025.
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    Hey Neighbour Collective’s Evaluation Report: Impacts and learnings from our first five years (2019-2024)

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2025 . 07 . 092025 . 09 . 29

    This report summarizes key learnings from HNC’s first five years of operation (2019-2024) and is organized into four parts that describes HNC’s activities and their impacts, collective learnings, and shared priorities moving forward.

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  • A room full of people sit at round tables talking, at the Living Together Symposium. A blue banner at the bottom of the image reads, "Living Together: Connecting housing, social health, and resilience. Hey Neighbour Collective's 2025 Symposium."
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    Living Together 2025 Symposium Wrap-Up

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2025 . 05 . 032026 . 04 . 13

    A video overview of the 2025 Living Together Symposium.

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  • Anthony Kupferschmidt, representing the City of Vancouver
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    An interview with Anthony Kuperschmidt

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2025 . 05 . 032026 . 02 . 06

    A reminder that collaboration and advocacy, together, build community.

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  • An illustrated graphic to promote the Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective webinar about the Building Social Connections toolkit.
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    Webinar recap: Design tools to support wellbeing in multi-unit housing with Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2024 . 10 . 032026 . 04 . 13

    On October 3rd, 2024, Hey Neighbour Collective hosted Housing That Connects Us #4: Design Tools to Support Wellbeing, as part of the year-long Building Social Connections project in partnership with…

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  • A digital rendering of Aster, a 12-storey, non-market housing development that shows the building from a distance surrounded by greenery.
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    How can denser neighbourhoods support wellbeing?

    By Happy Cities & Hey Neighbour Collective 2024 . 06 . 282025 . 03 . 04

    New housing legislation from the Province of BC will mean more homes, but it’s not just density that matters.

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    How does housing density really affect life in cities?

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2023 . 02 . 222025 . 03 . 02

    Canada is simultaneously experiencing a severe housing crisis and – like many other countries – a crisis of increasing loneliness and social isolation. Intervening to tackle loneliness and social isolation…

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