Vicarious Trauma & Burnout Interviews Report
In March 2026, VCST conducted qualitative interviews with senior managers from five organizations that provide services to immigrants and refugees…
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Restore: Ending Violence Against Women
This resource is designed to provide helpful information about abuse and how to respond to it in our lives, communities…
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Check out the When Love Hurts podcast!
When Love Hurts is a powerful podcast that exposes the reality about men’s abuse of women – what it is,…
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Digital safety for women
Digital safety for Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) survivors… Source
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Covering your tracks
Here is a link with really good information about how to cover your tracks if you do decide to use…
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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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Partner Highlight: How Build Canada Homes can go beyond affordability
In September, the federal government announced the Build Canada Homes program, a national initiative to “build affordable housing at scale…
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‘Age-Friendly Edition’ of the Building Social Connections toolkit
Homes can be designed to support wellbeing at all ages and life stages. Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective recently…
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Triathlon of Compassion 2025
When I participated in my first triathlon of compassion in 2014, I had just started taking testosterone. 11 years have…
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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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Silver tsunami or golden opportunity?
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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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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…
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Building Social Connections: Toolbox of design actions to nurture wellbeing in multi-unit housing
Our neighbours are our closest source of social support and connection. Socially connected homes and neighbourhoods nurture greater physical and…
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Be prepared for extreme heat and wildfire smoke – a collection of resources
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Hey Neighbour Collective have curated a list of resources, tools, and guides from BC and Canadian sources to prepare for extreme heat and wildfires (updated 2024). …
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How can denser neighbourhoods support wellbeing?
The Province of BC has announced wide-ranging housing policy changes over the past six months, including requirements for greater density…
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What can we learn from the rental housing sector about social connectedness?
In our first three years of project work (2019–2022), HNC has engaged deeply with our Community of Practice members –…
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Are you and your neighbours safely connected and prepared for extreme heat? Try out our new neighbour-to-neighbour guide
Summer has yet to “officially” begin, yet British Columbia has already been experiencing some unusually hot weather. Extreme heat events…
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US Surgeon General highlights the need for more social connection
Recently, the Office of the US Surgeon General posted an advisory to warn against the impacts our increasingly isolated societies…
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Impact report: Living Together Symposium
Living Together: Connecting housing, social health and resilience was a two-day hybrid symposium of engaging presentations and dialogues about tackling…
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Announcing our phone line for community members
We’re happy to announce that we have a new phone line! The VCST pilot phone line is a resource for…
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How does housing density really affect life in cities?
Canada is simultaneously experiencing a severe housing crisis and – like many other countries – a crisis of increasing loneliness…
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SEXPO Resources
SEXPO has arrived!!! We are so excited for everyone to enjoy the incredible panels, workshops, vendor fairs, and entertainment that…
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Practice Guide #2: Landlord- and housing operator-led approaches to growing 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…
