Living Together 2025: Symposium Report
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Hey Neighbour Collective’s Evaluation Report: Impacts and learnings from our first five years (2019-2024)
For more than five years, Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC) has been bringing together housing operators, community-based organizations, researchers, policy makers,…
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Fourth Case Conference Report
The fourth case conference of the I.I. took place on March 27, 2025, with the participation of 13 people from…
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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…
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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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North Vancouver active design study
Social connections between neighbours are the building blocks for happier, more trusting, resilient, and supportive communities—and can even bring financial…
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Reports and articles we published in 2023
Together, members of the Raincoast team have authored hundreds of peer reviewed papers. This year, we published four reports and…
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Building social connections: Case studies to inspire socially connected multi-unit housing
The crises of social disconnection and housing affordability can be solved together. Read the case studies (PDF) Growing evidence shows…
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Aging in the right place: Designing housing for wellbeing and older adults
Through a collaboration between Hey Neighbour Collective (HNC), Happy Cities, and the Simon Fraser University (SFU) Department of Gerontology, 20…
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Learning report: Hey Neighbour Collective’s first three years
This report highlights key themes that have surfaced through three years of shared activities, learning, reflection and evaluation among all…
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Practice Guide: Learning from the community connectors
Download the PDF version of this Practice Guide. Even after participating in just one Community Connectors event, residents reported positive…
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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…
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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…
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Practice Guide #1: Supporting residents to become community connectors 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…
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How sociable is life in multi-unit rental housing?
Three members of Hey Neighbour Collective’s community of practice – Brightside Community Homes Foundation, Catalyst Community Developments Society and Concert…
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Southeastern Alaska catch of BC salmon: summary and reports
Alaskan fisheries in Southeast Alaska (SEAK) intercept salmon returning to British Columbia (BC) rivers. Given the current depressed status of…
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Working Toward a Sustainable Future: CCIRA 2020/2021 Report
Over the past two years, CCIRA has continued to work with knowledge keepers and leaders throughout Heiltsuk, Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Nuxalk and…
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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: A photovoice exploration into social connections at home
The SFU Research team recently completed “A Picture is Worth 1000 Words”, a photovoice project which explores people’s experiences of…
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Fisheries Management for the Future
In 2019, Central Coast First Nations signed an historic agreement with other coastal First Nations and Canada’s Federal Government to…
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Bursting social bubbles after COVID-19 will make cities happier and healthier again
Led by Dr. Meg Holden, the SFU Research Team has published an article on The Conversation Canada about the importance…
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Developing Truly Complete Communities, Discussion Paper
Developing Truly Complete Communities: Social equity, social connectedness and multi-unit housing in an age of public health and climate crises….
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Science update: CCIRA’s published papers
CCIRA conducts science that matters to our people. All our research is guided by the objectives of our Nations’ marine…
