Partner snapshot: Catalyst Community Developments
Catalyst is carrying out a “Community Connections Pilot” which includes landlord-led or supported social events, workshops, and “Town Hall meetings”,…
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Partner snapshot: Brightside Community Homes Foundation
Brightside is a non-profit organization that owns and operates 26 buildings across Vancouver, and provides safe and secure affordable homes…
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We have some really big news!
We are excited to finally introduce the latest member of our When Love Hurts family! This announcement has been a…
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A summary of Being Kind: How much sociability matters
In a heartfelt contribution to SFU Urban Stuides’ Pandemonium webinar series on Oct. 21 2020, panelists from Vancouver, Toronto and…
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Reflections on the digital film screening Lesbian Liberation Across Media
In June I had the opportunity to attend “Lesbian Liberation Across Media.” It was a film screening put on collaboratively…
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Seven new media projects worth following
As a young freelance writer, the Canadian media landscape has long filled me with dread, but recently I’ve been starting…
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Covid-19 recovery and preparing for future crises
Amongst the many things the pandemic is revealing are the primacy of adequate and affordable housing in a public health…
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Theory of change
Multi-unit housing is: socially connected, desirable, neighbourly, health-promoting, and resilient. Theory of Change, 2020 June (PDF) Hey Neighbour Collective helps…
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Hey Neighbour! Collective chart
Hey Neighbour! Collective chart (PDF) Community of practice/research cohort: Catalyst Community Developments Society Brightside Community Homes Concert Properties Connect &…
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The Pandemic Trap
Hear Karen talk about the impacts of the COVID 19 on those living with abusive partners, strategies for coping, staying…
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You are the expert on your content
Content is supreme, be it text or image. An image can be riveting, but a contextualized image can capture more…
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Abuse can happen to any woman
Jill and I have led groups in diverse neighbourhoods and with women from diverse social and cultural backgrounds for many…
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Exploring sociability within residential buildings
The City of Vancouver’s original Hey Neighbour! pilot was designed as an experiment to learn about the potential of resident-led…
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From friendly buildings to an emergent pilot project, a history of HNC
The Hey Neighbour Collective emerged from collaboration between staff involved in the City of Vancouver’s 2018-2019 Hey Neighbour! pilot project…
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Linking “into” your website
Your posts, pages, and custom content are all on the same website, but how connected are they really? Deep linking…
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In general, hyperlinks should open in the same window
Making hyperlinks is a foundational skill in web publishing. Links have everything to do with usability, accessibility, search engine optimization,…
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Effective use of headings in web publishing
Headings are like a table of contents in your pages and posts. They provide both visual and behind the scenes…
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How to avoid cruft in posts and pages
Not everyone drafts their content directly in their web publishing content manager. Authors sometimes draft their content in Word documents,…
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Manual excerpts are helpful
Manual excerpts are a kind of metadata about your articles. They work mostly as short summaries of your posts. And…
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Always write good alternative text
Images on a website can be really important content. They give context, shape meaning, and move readers. It is really…
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Improve your security habits on National Pass**** Day, March 15
Having good passcode habits is an important aspect of online security. And it’s something we all need to work at….
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Web first publishing
Web first publishing means publishing your carefully crafted content to your website first. We recommend it nine times out of…
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Publishing articles with feature images
Not every dispatch has to have it’s own feature image. But, on the other hand, it’s really nice.1 I encourage…
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Managing webpages that get updated regularly (like Career pages)
Some webpages change very little. Others, like Career pages, change more regularly. How best to manage this content? Well, there…
