Articles by Hey Neighbour Collective

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

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?

A version of this article was originally published by Happy Cities in March 2025. This post supplements the “Building Social Connections Toolkit: Age-friendly Edition,” which illustrates how to design home…

ByMichelle Gagnon-CreeleyMar 22, 20259 min read

A group of aging adults stand arm in arm laughing.

‘Silver tsunami’ or golden opportunity?

Jan 23, 202524 min read

Participants at the SFU Design Jam.

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

Jan 10, 20256 min read

Jean in Cerro Monserrate, Bogotá, Colombia (Monserrate Mountain).

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

Dec 9, 20248 min read

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

Nov 29, 20241 min read

Building Social Connections in Practice: A workshop series.

Building Social Connections in Practice

Nov 27, 20248 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

Illustrated graphic for the 'Housing That Connects Us: The affordability puzzle' webinar event.

Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Affordability Puzzle

Apr 12, 20248 min read

An illustration in hues of pink, brown, yellow and tan, depicting a city square with buildings, cars, people on bikes, and neighbours helping each other.

Unlocking social connections in multi-unit housing: Insights from our 2021-2022 resident surveys

Feb 6, 20246 min read

Building social connection reports looms in the foreground of an illustrated urban space in North Vancouver.

North Vancouver active design study

Jan 16, 20244 min read

Building social connections: Case studies to inspire socially connected multi-unit housing, report cover.

Building social connections: Case studies to inspire socially connected multi-unit housing

Dec 13, 20234 min read

Rental housing operators and community building

Rental housing operators and community building

Dec 13, 20239 min read

Group photo of the participants in the webinar joining by Zoom.

Webinar recap: Housing that Connects Us #2, a conversation with UK innovators

Nov 20, 20239 min read

Multi-unit housing can be designed to meet residents’ needs at all stages of life. (Happy Cities)

Aging in the right place: Designing housing for wellbeing and older adults

Nov 14, 20236 min read