Partner Highlight: “Everyone ‘gets’ emergencies”
In this article, the Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) team breaks down the sustained benefits of their “Neighbours Helping Neighbours” program,…
Symposium recap: Living Together 2025
Living Together 2025: Connecting housing, social health and resilience convened nearly 200 housing operators and experts, public health professionals, municipal…
Jean talks about the importance of qualitative research and why he writes poetry
I’m working with a key partner of HNC, the Building Resilient Neighbourhoods team, to help them code qualitative data as…
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Connect & Prepare Learning Report
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Connect & Prepare program enhances community emergency preparedness and resilience by strengthening social ties among neighbours through…
What can we learn from the rental housing sector about social connectedness?
In our first three years of project work (2019–2022), HNC has engaged deeply with our Community of Practice members –…
Building hope through action
Many communities in BC have experienced the effects of climate change. Sharing stories of impact, successes and lessons is one…
Are you and your neighbours safely connected and prepared for extreme heat? Try out our new neighbour-to-neighbour guide
Summer has yet to “officially” begin, yet British Columbia has already been experiencing some unusually hot weather. Extreme heat events…
Webinar recap: Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing
On March 1st, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) and CMHC co-hosted a webinar entitled ‘Social Sustainability in Multi-Unit Housing.’ A diverse…
Guide 4. Roles for Local Government in Strengthening Social Connectedness and Resilience Activities in Multi-unit Housing
Social connectedness has been demonstrated to strengthen health, well-being, and individual and collective resilience. Meanwhile, multi-unit housing such as apartments…
Building resilience and emergency preparedness through social connections: video
In an emergency, your neighbours will be the first people at the scene who can potentially help. This simple fact…
Practice Guide #3: Developing organizational partnerships to build community in multi-unit housing
Social connectedness has been demonstrated to strengthen health, well-being, and individual and collective resilience. Meanwhile, multi-unit housing such as apartments…
Join our webinar on social sustainability in multi-unit housing
Join us on March 1st at 10 AM PST for a free, CMHC-hosted webinar to learn more about building social…
Fostering preparedness and community in multi-unit buildings
Connect & Prepare is a series of free workshops for groups of neighbours that aims to enhance social connections, shared…
Hey Neighbour Collective to benefit from CMHC support
We’re thrilled to announce that Hey Neighbour Collective is one of ten 2020 recipients of a CMHC Demonstrations Initiative grant….
Partner snapshot: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) is a collaborative effort to help create more resilient communities and neighbourhoods in British Columbia. Its…
Greater Victoria Resilient Streets Workshops
Greater Victoria Resilient Streets Kick-off Workshops September 13, 16 and 24 | Victoria, BC Join SHIFT Team members Stacy Barter and Michelle Colussi for Resilient Streets Kick-off workshops this fall in 3 new neighbourhoods: James Bay, Fernwood and Burnside Gorge. Resilient…
