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A version of this article was originally published by Happy Cities in March 2025. This post supplements the “Building Social Connections Toolkit: Age-friendly Edition,” which illustrates how to design home…
This article, co-authored by Emma Avery (Urban Planner & Communications Specialist, Happy Cities) and Tara Fernando (Strategic Communications Specialist, Hey Neighbour Collective), originally appeared in the Fall 2024 issue of…
Join Hey Neighbour Collective and Happy Cities on Thursday, October 3, 2024 from 10:00 – 11:00 AM PST for a dynamic conversation about the recently launched Building Social Connections toolkit! Communities…
Our neighbours are our closest source of social support and connection. Socially connected homes and neighbourhoods nurture greater physical and mental health, community resilience, and social trust between diverse residents. …
New housing legislation from the Province of BC will mean more homes, but it’s not just density that matters.
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.
Making Connections – a rental housing providers and neighbourly social connectedness research overview.
Hear from two UK innovators about the connection between housing and wellbeing.
Please enjoy our round-up from the webinar, including a video, slides and other resources, along with a snapshot of a few of the most notable excerpts from our conversation.
Hear from local experts about the health and climate rationale for intergenerational ‘sociable’ design.
A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.
The Surgeon General has created a Framework for a National Strategy to Advance Social Connection. It details critical and actionable next steps that individuals, communities, organizations, and governments can take to foster social connection.
The role of community housing in resident social resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On March 1st, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) and CMHC co-hosted a webinar entitled ‘Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing.’ A diverse audience, including local and federal government employees, housing providers and…
Callista Ottoni, PhD candidate at UBC and Mitacs Intern for Hey Neighbour, shares her thoughts on community-engaged research, her recent photography exhibit, and why she loves cycling around the city.
