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This interdisciplinary faculty includes geographers, public policy scholars, political scientists, historians, economists and anthropologists whose teaching and research interests lie both within and outside Metro Vancouver, and who straddle both theory and practice.
We applaud our dedicated research assistants for bringing such impactful work to life! Find reflections from Olivia, Jean, Kishore, and Sreya on their experiences at the symposium, things that sparked their curiosity, and connections they made.
Last year, on November 15th, 2023, the Hey Neighbour Collective co-sponsored an all-day student research symposium alongside the Simon Fraser University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Departments…
We caught up with one of Hey Neighbour’s Research Assistants about qualitative data analysis and her favourite foods from Delhi.
Fndings from the recently completed Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) report ‘How sociable is life in multi-unit housing?’. This report provides aggregated and comparative results of two annual resident surveys (2021 & 2022) across the properties of HNC members Brightside Community Homes Foundation and Catalyst Community Developments Society.
Are you a Vancouver-area university student researching housing-related issues? Check out this November event.
A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.
On June 8, 2022, we continued the conversation with a similar cross-section of engaged professionals in a half-day in-person workshop as part of the two-day symposium entitled Living Together: Connecting Housing, Social Wellbeing, and Resilience.
Resources from presenters and participants from the symposium, presented by Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities, SFU Urban Studies and SFU Public Square.
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 8th, the second day of the Living Together Symposium.
Watch these three symposium sessions from June 7th, the first day of the Living Together Symposium.
Living Together is a two-day series of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling loneliness and social isolation in our homes and urban communities.
This report provides results of the initial 2020-21 round of resident surveys completed by 619 residents of housing provided by Catalyst Community Developments Society, Brightside Community Homes Foundation, and Concert Properties in British Columbia.
