Articles by Hey Neighbour Collective

Panelists at the Living Together Symposium sit in white couches against a yellow and red artwork, with green plants and participants in the foreground.

Living Together 2025 in Action

Hey Neighbour CollectiveSep 16, 2025
Jean Paul speaks with a participant at the Living Together Symposium in May 2025.

Hey Neighbour Collective’s Evaluation Report: Impacts and learnings from our first five years (2019-2024)

Hey Neighbour CollectiveJul 9, 2025
Groups of people gather around small tables in a classroom.

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”?
ByBuilding Resilient NeighbourhoodsSep 26, 20252 min read
An older adult walks with the aid of a walker along a grass and tree-lined path in front of Lakeside Senior Apartments in Oakland.

What makes an age-friendy home?

Michelle Gagnon-CreeleyMar 22, 2025
A banner image promoting Hey Neighbour Collective's 'Living Together Symposium' featuring illustrations of urban life in various colours.

Living Together 2025: Connecting housing, social health and resilience

Hey Neighbour CollectiveMar 17, 2025
Floor connectors hold space together smiling in the room.

Connect & Prepare “should be in every building!”

Rob WipondMar 4, 2025
A group of aging adults stand arm in arm laughing.

‘Silver tsunami’ or golden opportunity?

Rob WipondJan 23, 2025
Participants at the SFU Design Jam.

Designing resilient and connected housing: Illustrations and insights from our design jam

Renewable CitiesJan 10, 2025
Jean in Cerro Monserrate, Bogotá, Colombia (Monserrate Mountain).

Jean talks about the importance of qualitative research and why he writes poetry

Hey Neighbour CollectiveDec 9, 2024
Atiya Mahmood, Tara Fernando, and Noni Nabors stand in front of red Simon Fraser University signage while holding paper copies of recent published works.

Hey Neighbour Collective at Housing Central 2024

Noni NaborsNov 29, 2024
Building Social Connections in Practice: A workshop series.

Building Social Connections in Practice

TeamNov 27, 2024
Wide, exterior walkways at Driftwood Village Cohousing in North Vancouver are lined with differently coloured doorways, windows, plants, and seating.

Designing Socially Connected Homes – small changes to make a big difference

Nov 26, 202410 min read
A conference hall full of Lego characters

It’s conference season! 

Oct 21, 20243 min read
An illustrated graphic to promote the Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective webinar about the Building Social Connections toolkit.

Webinar Recap: Design tools to support wellbeing in multi-unit housing with Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective

Oct 3, 20245 min read
Two older persons sit on a bench reading the newspaper with one person's left arm over her shoulder.

October 1 is International Day of Older Persons

Oct 1, 20244 min read
An illustrated graphic to promote the Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective webinar about the Building Social Connections toolkit.

Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: Design tools to support wellbeing

Sep 12, 20245 min read
A woman faces away from the camera with a clear umbrella patterned with small birds around its edge, while sunlight streams in from overhead through a leafy tree.

Mitigating loneliness and isolation by building social and neighbourly connections play an increasingly important role in climate resilience

Sep 5, 20245 min read
Tara Fernando leans against a railing overlooking the mountains and valley of Squamish in British Columbia, Canada.

Tara Fernando shares her thoughts on amenity spaces and the importance of knowledge translation

Aug 26, 20249 min read
An line drawing illustration showing groups of people socializing in and in front of a multi-unit building.

Building Social Connections: Toolbox of design actions to nurture wellbeing in multi-unit housing

Aug 1, 20244 min read
Olivia Tomlinson faces away from the camera looking towards a tree and cloud-shrouded mountains at sunset while walking on a country road, holding her sandals and wearing an olive green skirt and black tank top.

Olivia Tomlinson talks about the importance of meeting new people

Jul 17, 20247 min read
Sreya Ajay stands underneath a natural archway of blooming cherry trees with the Vancouver skyline in the background.

Observing the narratives of cities with Sreya Ajay

Jul 10, 20244 min read
Three images of PDF resources overlaid on a photo of Queen Anne's Lace flowers against a smoky sky.

Be prepared for extreme heat and wildfire smoke – a collection of resources

Jul 8, 20248 min read
A digital rendering of Aster, a 12-storey, non-market housing development that shows the building from a distance surrounded by greenery.

How can denser neighbourhoods support wellbeing?

Jun 28, 20249 min read
Connect and Prepare Learning Report cover floats in the foreground with a community meeting happening in the background.

Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Connect & Prepare Learning Report

Jun 25, 202411 min read
One guy helps someone out of a car, and another guy helps someone with their groceries with text on top that says, "Neighbours Helping Neighbours."

What is Neighbours Helping Neighbours?

Jun 13, 20247 min read
Group photo of Michelle Hoar, Robert Brown, and Madeleine Hebert in the third 'Housing that Connects Us webinar' joining by Zoom.

Untangling the affordability puzzle with Happy Cities and Chesterman Properties: webinar recap

May 16, 20249 min read
An illustration of a strategic communicator speaking to a bunch of people floating around them.

Contract posting: Strategic Communications Specialist

Apr 23, 20245 min read
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