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…
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An interview with Charito Gailling
We see housing as critical infrastructure for “multi-solving” in the midst of multiple overlapping crises, like climate change, rising social…
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An interview with Scott and Rebeca
In this short interview, Scott Stewart and Rebeca Robles from New Chelsea Society (NCS) share insights on building community within…
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An interview with Ana and Ame-Lia
When you’re surrounded by diversity (across sectors, perspectives, professions, and lived experiences) but united by a shared vision, you feel…
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An interview with Sherri Crane
What if where we lived helped us connect-in-place and build community? Sherri Crane, the Manager of Housing Services & Engagement…
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An interview with Katia Tynan
In times of crisis, neighbours are often our closest source of support. Strong neighbourly connections are therefore critical to helping…
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Living Together 2025 Symposium Wrap-Up
In May 2025, Hey Neighbour Collective gathered over 200 incredible people for two days of learning, connection, and collective action….
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An interview with Oliva Tomlinson
The students and emerging scholars we work alongside continuously inspire us. In this short interview, Olivia Tomlinson, former HNC Research…
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An interview with Ksenia Stepkina
What does it mean to be a “good neighbour”? In this short interview, we spotlight Ksenia Stepkina, founder of Good…
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An interview with Jia Hu
Housing is a recognized social determinant of health, and so is social connection. However, so often, our siloed systems fail…
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An interview with Michelle Cooper-Iverson
In this short interview, Michelle Cooper-Iversen, the Chief Operating Officer of the Co-op Housing Federation of BC, reflects on the…
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An interview with Anthony Kuperschmidt
In this short interview, Anthony Kuperschmidt, the Strategic Lead, Aging and Older Persons, at the City of Vancouver, shares his…
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An interview with Dan Levitt
In this short clip, Dan Levitt, BC’s Seniors Advocate, explains why collective action and a shared sense of responsibility are…
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What makes an age-friendy home?
A version of this article was originally published by Happy Cities in March 2025. My Uncle Pat moved into assisted…
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Living Together 2025: Connecting housing, social health and resilience
Monday, May 5th and Tuesday, May 6th 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue 580…
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Silver tsunami or golden opportunity?
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Designing resilient and connected housing: Illustrations and insights from our design jam
This article was originally posted on January 2, 2025 at SFU Renewable Cities. Housing is particularly well-suited to multi-solving approaches,…
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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…
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Hey Neighbour Collective at Housing Central 2024
Hey Neighbour joined hundreds of other delegates at Housing Central in November, to chat with folks about the Building Social…
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Building Social Connections in Practice
Communities across Canada face growing challenges—climate change, housing affordability, escalating construction costs, loneliness and social isolation, aging populations, and more….
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Looking back one year ago: A Place Like Home symposium
Last year, on November 15th, 2023, the Hey Neighbour Collective co-sponsored an all-day student research symposium alongside the Simon Fraser…
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Designing Socially Connected Homes – small changes to make a big difference
This article, co-authored by Emma Avery (Urban Planner & Communications Specialist, Happy Cities) and Tara Fernando (Strategic Communications Specialist, Hey…
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It’s conference season!
It’s gearing up to be a busy conference season for the team at Hey Neighbour Collective. We’re presenting at four…
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Webinar Recap: Design tools to support wellbeing in multi-unit housing with Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective
On October 3rd, 2024, Hey Neighbour Collective hosted Housing That Connects Us #4: Design Tools to Support Wellbeing, as part…
