Webinars
Multi-unit housing provides us with a unique opportunity to foster social connections, engagement, and resilience. Our webinars brings together diverse speakers, topics, and research to share the social potential of multi-unit housing.
Thoughtful design and programming
As Canadian cities densify, multi-unit housing is becoming a dominant form for many – if not most – households. These housing types, however, sometimes offer lower levels of connection between neighbours and a reduced feeling of community. This is not a minor issue: our connections with neighbours – and with our immediate neighbourhood – impact our health in significant and measurable ways.
But multi-unit housing is not inherently isolating: thoughtful design and programming can help to build community, neighbourly connections and resilience. Great examples exist but they are too often the exception, not the rule.
This webinar series explores the designs, tools, and paradigms that planners and housing professionals can use to ensure denser housing also supports community resilience and social connection.
Webinars and recaps
On October 3rd, 2024, Hey Neighbour Collective hosted Housing That Connects Us #4: Design Tools to Support Wellbeing, as part of the year-long Building Social…
Resources, recordings, presentations, and notable moments from the third in our ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar series.
The third in a three-part webinar series, ‘Housing That Connects Us: The affordability puzzle’ will hear from guest speakers on sociable design for multi-unit housing…
A round-up featuring video, slides, quotes and other resources.
Please enjoy our round-up from the webinar, including a video, slides and other resources, along with a snapshot of a few of the most notable…
On March 1st, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) and CMHC co-hosted a webinar entitled ‘Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing.’ A diverse audience, including local and federal…
On September 16, Hey Neighbour Collective and Happy Cities co-hosted an online workshop to explore cultural, financial, and policy-level challenges to building socially connected, affordable multi-unit…
On June 22nd, Hey Neighbour Collective and co-hosts Happy City, Concert Properties and SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue held a panel and webinar…
Panelists brought ideas, evidence and stories from their practice and research on what is at stake for the common humanity of our cities as we…