Who is in your emergency kit?
The pandemic is teaching all of us about the value of social connections in virtually every aspect of our lives,…
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A Community Space Designed by Neighbours, for Neighbours
A year after the engagement sessions, neighbours will be celebrating the newest addition to their block: a neighbourhood bench activating underused public space in this growing community. …
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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…
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Connect & Prepare program applications, call for expressions of interest
We are inviting groups of neighbours living in either a multi-unit building or complex, or on the same street, to be part of a fully online version of our popular “Connect & Prepare” program this spring. Online workshops held between April-June 2021 with the support of micro-grants, program materials, and resource experts. …
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Hey Neighbours! Let’s Connect & Prepare Together!
Participate in Connect & Prepare and help build a culture of “neighbours helping neighbours” where you live! (Two info sessions available!) About this Event The pandemic is reminding us all…
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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…
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Hunkering Down for Winter While Staying Connected and Resilient
It is a marathon, not a sprint. When COVID-19 hit Canada in March many of us braced ourselves for a short period of inconvenience. Pushing into 9 months of the pandemic and lockdowns it’s clear this is not a sprint, but a marathon with uncertainties of where the finish line will be. …
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Growing Resilience Through Food!
One of the ways that Covid-19 has influenced our lives is through disruption of our food systems. Supply chains were disturbed causing delays, processing plants were shut down, there was… …
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“Far Aparties”: physically distanced gatherings with neighbours
As Canadians we tend to cocoon over the winter and once the weather gets sunny many of us cannot wait to get out and socialize with our friends and neighbours…. …
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Neighbour-to-Neighbour Activities to Keep Building Those Resilience Muscles While Physical Distancing
At Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, we often talk about community resilience as a set of “muscles” we can intentionally develop that will help us pro-actively respond and adapt to different shocks… …
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“Pandemic Pals,” Caremongers, and Good Ol’ Friendliness: Practical Ways More Neighbours Are Now Helping Neighbours
We’d like to share with you some of the simple, practical things that we’ve seen people doing lately to safely connect with and support their neighbours. …
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Resident Animators Guide for Multi-unit Buildings
The Hey Neighbour Collective (in which Building Resilient Neighbourhoods is a partner) has produced a handy “Resident Animators Guide ” to help “bring community to life” in the apartment, condominium,… …
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Fostering Community in Multi-unit Housing: BRN joins the Hey Neighbour Collective!
In many of British Columbia’s densifying communities, multi-unit housing is becoming the norm; however, these housing types can have disproportionately lower levels of connection and community between neighbours, which has… …
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Connect & Prepare – Call for Expressions of Interest
We are inviting groups of neighbours living on the same street or in the same buildings or building complexes to be part of an exciting new program called “Connect… …
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Street in Victoria Gets a “Neighbour Hub” Emergency Supply Bench
On March 31, neighbours of Leonard Street in Victoria, BC welcomed the newest addition to their block: a shared emergency supply bench. The bench was envisioned months ago by the… …
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The Connect & Prepare Program
Together, We Can Build the Future of Emergency Preparedness The Challenge British Columbians are vulnerable to earthquakes, wildfires, floods, tsunamis, changing climate and severe weather. Many of us are also… …
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Commitment, Collaboration, and Change: The three C’s of the Global Climate Action Summit
As part of an effort to recognize commitments and call for accelerated climate action, last week the Global Climate Action Summit brought together international, national and local leaders as well as scientists, students, nonprofits, and others in San Francisco… …
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How Do We Nurture ‘Community’ in High-rise Buildings?
Listen to the podcast of BRN’s Stacy Barter and Australian strata lawyer Amanda Famer discussing “Vertical Streets” and the fostering of social connectedness and resilience in high-density apartments and condominiums…. …
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Resilient Streets — On the Road!
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods team members Michelle Colussi and Stacy Barter have been on the road this October and November delivering Resilient Streets workshops for new collaboratives that will be implementing… …
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Participate in our Resilience & Emergency Preparedness Pilot Project
Are you interested in strengthening emergency preparedness and connections between neighbours? Become part of our unique pilot project! “Connect and Prepare” Call for Expressions of Interest Together we are ready!… …
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“Hey Neighbour”: Vancouver Visits Social Connectedness in Multi-Unit Dwellings
The City of Vancouver, BC recently took forty developers, property managers, architects and planners to visit eight sites that showcased friendly, sociable multi-unit buildings. It marked “the start of strong… …
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Building Great Communities with Pocket Places
“Start small and build incrementally” — it could be a mantra for increased social cohesion and more welcoming neighbourhoods alike. Check out this report from Lorne Daniel of the Greater… …
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Learn to Build Neighbourhood “Pocket Places” to Cultivate Community: Nov. 5
Cultivate character and connection on your block with little free libraries, gathering spaces, community info boards and more! Learn how you can start a small project with your neighbours with… …
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How to Create a Vertical Village
The Transition Network’s Caring Collaborative produced a manual for helping create closer social ties and a greater experience of community in apartments and condominium buildings. Here’s a brief excerpt below,… …
