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  • Connect and Prepare with Resilient Neighbourhoods
    Profiles

    Fostering preparedness and community in multi-unit buildings

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2021 . 04 . 212024 . 02 . 07

    Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Stacy Barter discusses the Connect &
    Prepare program and how property managers can best support and benefit from social connectedness and emergency preparedness among tenants.

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    Building community into the bottom line

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2021 . 04 . 152024 . 02 . 07

    For property managers, it can be challenging to move a greater sense of community off the “nice to have” list and into an actual budget line item.

    Read More Building community into the bottom lineContinue

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    Reports

    Bursting social bubbles after COVID-19 will make cities happier and healthier again

    By Meg Holden, Atiya Mahmood, Ghazaleh Akbarnejad, Lainey Martin & Meghan Winters 2021 . 04 . 012023 . 02 . 07

    Led by Dr. Meg Holden, the SFU Research Team has published an article on The Conversation Canada about the importance of prioritizing social connections during the COVID-19 recovery.

    Read More Bursting social bubbles after COVID-19 will make cities happier and healthier againContinue

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    Reports

    Developing Truly Complete Communities, Discussion Paper

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2021 . 03 . 312026 . 07 . 14

    The Hey Neighbour Collective has prepared this input for the review of Metro 2040’s goal area 4.2: Develop healthy and complete communities with access to a range of services and amenities.

    Read More Developing Truly Complete Communities, Discussion PaperContinue

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    Profiles

    Partner snapshot: West End Seniors’ Network

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2021 . 02 . 242021 . 04 . 05

    The West End Seniors’ Network focuses on supporting older adults living in multi-unit residential buildings through their Close to Home initiative.

    Read More Partner snapshot: West End Seniors’ NetworkContinue

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    Profiles

    Partner snapshot: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods

    By Hey Neighbour Collective 2021 . 01 . 232021 . 03 . 24

    Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’s Connect & Prepare program builds emergency preparedness and community resilience between immediate neighbours by strengthening social connections.

    Read More Partner snapshot: Building Resilient NeighbourhoodsContinue

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    News | Webinars, Videos, Podcasts

    A summary of Being Kind: How much sociability matters

    By Meg Holden & Aphrodite Bouikidis 2020 . 11 . 042023 . 02 . 08

    Panelists brought ideas, evidence and stories from their practice and research on what is at stake for the common humanity of our cities as we respond to and recover from the pandemic.

    Read More A summary of Being Kind: How much sociability mattersContinue

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