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Hear from local experts about the health and climate rationale for intergenerational ‘sociable’ design.
Hey Neighbour Collective and Happy Cities are co-leading this three-phase project, in partnership with Simon Fraser University. Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective have collected substantial evidence over the last several…
Are you a Vancouver-area university student researching housing-related issues? Check out this November event.
A critical perspective in housing affordability and choices that are key to quality of life.
Our conversation with Sogol took us from her work with the Collective to her interests in researching older adult populations, and why camping in the desert is something everyone should try.
Connect & Prepare program featured in report by Public Health Agency of Canada and BC Centre for Disease Control.
During our chat with Rojan, one of HNC’s research assistants, we learned about what makes for walkable urban spaces and sociable common areas, plus some of her favourite things about Kerman, Iran.
In our conversation with research assistant Farinaz, we talked about her work with HNC and discussed the challenges and potential solutions for making walking more accessible for immigrant older adults in cities.
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.
People who oppose rezoning single-family neighbourhoods often claim that density is bad for our health and wellbeing. But what does the data really say? With the B.C. government’s recent announcement…
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN), in collaboration with Hey Neighbour Collective, has published a new, free guide called Prepare Together for Extreme Heat.
HNC is on the lookout for a new part-time member to boost our knowledge mobilization capacity.
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.
In our conversation with Ahad, we learned about how he’s made connections between his engineering background and current work with the Collective.
Governments have become interested in reducing loneliness and social isolation and strengthening resilience and collective emergency preparedness in these settings.