Loneliness Awareness Week
Marmalade Trust founded Loneliness Awareness Week (June 15 – 21) in England in 2017, and it has since grown into…
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Webinar recap: The Benefits of Being an Enabling Host
On April 14th, 2026, Hey Neighbour Collective and United Way BC’s Seniors’ Housing Working Group co-hosted the webinar “The Benefits…
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HNC Feature: “No Place like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis”
Jessica Barrett, author of No Place Like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis, writes, “most people actually yearn…
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Join the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: The Benefits of Being An Enabling Host
When: Tuesday, April 14th, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST Format: 2-hour, participatory model | Presentations, panel, Q&A, and facilitated…
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HNC Feature: Building social connections in practice
Hey Neighbour Collective, Happy Cities and SFU Renewable Cities hosted Building social connections in practice, a national training cohort for…
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Join us for the next ‘Housing That Connects Us’ webinar: Innovative Community Programs to Build Social Connection in Housing
When: Friday, March 6th, 10AM – 11:30AM PST Format: Zoom webinar, 1 hour presentation and 30-minute facilitated Q&A (90 minutes)…
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HNC Feature: Where Social Connection Becomes Care
How we navigate our homes, relationships, and communities evolves as we age across the life course. This beautiful digital storytelling…
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Partner highlight: No help needed, we’re Canadian!
One of the most important learnings from Building Resilient Neighbourhood’s Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN) pilot was that connecting is an…
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Partner highlight: How neighbourly connections can help us “age in the right place”
Building Resilient Neighbourhood’s (BRN) Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN) pilot (done in collaboration with Hey Neighbour Collective and ten delivery partners)…
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HNC Feature: The ‘Paradox of Proximity’
What does the “Paradox of Proximity” mean to you? Bloxhub, Denmark’s Nordic hub for sustainable urbanism, describes it this way:…
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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 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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Unlocking social connections in multi-unit housing: Insights from our 2021-2022 resident surveys
Creating a sense of community and social connection is a challenge in fast-paced urban life. As Metro Vancouver embraces densification…
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Niloofar Hedayati on how better use of space in multi-unit buildings can improve social connectedness among older adults
“Neel – ooo – far.” It means “lily” in Persian. Some of my friends call me Neel. I came in…
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What we’re following: great reads, resources, new tech and more.
When Hey Neighbour Collective launched in July 2019, it felt like the issue of loneliness and social isolation was a…
