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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.
Interwoven challenges of aging populations, social isolation, rising housing costs, and climate change are unleashing a global social innovation movement.
Happy Cities, Hey Neighbour Collective, and Simon Fraser University are working with six local governments in Metro Vancouver to co-create policies for social wellbeing in multi-unit housing.
A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.
Our HNC research group, comprised of Simon Fraser University and Happy Cities members, explored how social interactions in multi-unit housing are influenced by the physical environment in 20 buildings in Vancouver and Victoria.
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.
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…
Workshop leaders and participants discuss how the Connect & Prepare program helps grow social connections between neighbours that support resilience and preparedness.
Landlords and housing operators can help nurture relationships among residents, and the positive returns for everyone involved can be substantial.
This guide explores many relatively easy things that residents, landlords, housing operators, community organizations, and governments can do to support residents in making activities and social connectedness happen.
Residents share why they became community connectors in their multi-unit buildings, what kinds of activities they helped organize, and what the benefits have been.
This guide explores many relatively easy things that residents, landlords, housing operators, community organizations, and governments can do to support residents in making activities and social connectedness happen.
How three aspects of the photo exhibition strengthened the meaningful impact of Callista Ottoni’s research.
Efforts to tackle social isolation among older Canadians could produce a wealth of health and lifestyle benefits for the country’s aging population. But the National Institute on Ageing also argues…
HNC’s Lainey Martin and Robyn Lee review the ‘Psychology of Loneliness’ report from the Campaign to End Loneliness, originally produced for the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative.
