Webinar recap: The Benefits of Being an Enabling Host
How in-building social programming sparks connections and support.
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Webinar recap: Innovative community programs to build social connection in housing
Learning from community-based organizations about in-building social programming.
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HNC Feature: “No Place like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis”
A new book by Jessica Barrett, excerpted in The Walrus.
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Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Benefits of Being An Enabling Host
The many positives of in-building social programming.
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Join us for the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: Innovative Community Programs to Build Social Connection in Housing
The critical role of community-driven programs.
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Practical and emotional supports are “Close to Home”
Small, neighbourly connections can have big impacts on aging in place.
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HNC feature: The Walrus Talks on place and belonging
Exploring how shared spaces shape community and connection with Michelle Hoar
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Partner Highlight: “Everyone ‘gets’ emergencies”
Partner feature: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) breaks down the sustained benefits of their “Neighbours Helping Neighbours” program.
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Building community is good for business
This article originally appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Landlord BC’s quarterly print magazine, ‘The Key.’ “Landlords and property managers can do a little or a lot to support…
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Igniting resident leadership
Over the past five years, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) demonstration partners piloted a wide range of social connectedness programs in a variety of contexts, from shared meals in social housing to emergency preparedness workshops in market condominium buildings. Yet, across all of these diverse initiatives, there was striking consistency in the impacts on the majority of participating residents.
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What if neighbours helped neighbours more? Here’s what we learned!
What if our neighbours became sources of everyday support that could allow all of us to grow our social connectedness and resilience, while also staying in our homes longer as we “age in the right place”?
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Hey Neighbour Collective’s Evaluation Report: Impacts and learnings from our first five years (2019-2024)
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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‘Silver tsunami’ or golden opportunity?
Interwoven challenges of aging populations, social isolation, rising housing costs, and climate change are unleashing a global social innovation movement.
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What is Neighbours Helping Neighbours?
A conversation with Molly Rose about Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ new initiative.
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Seven lessons for implementing social activities in rental housing
Social activities for neighbours can help build a sense of community, boosting health, happiness, and resilience in multi-unit buildings.
