Hey Neighbour Collective
@heyneighbourcollective.ca
Hi! We're Hey Neighbour Collective. We’re building community, social connectedness and resilience in multi-unit housing communities. #YVR #YYJ #SocialDesign
https://www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/
https://www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/
Happening today! Please join us for @thewalrus.ca Talks at Home for what is sure to be an incredible hour of discussing how the places we gather shape our ability to connect with one another. We're ready to be inspired!
4PM PST / 7PM EST online (free, registration is required) ✨
4PM PST / 7PM EST online (free, registration is required) ✨
At Belonging Forum presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Place and Belonging we’ll explore the challenges and rewards of creating and sustaining “third spaces”. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Happening today! Please join us for @thewalrus.ca Talks at Home for what is sure to be an incredible hour of discussing how the places we gather shape our ability to connect with one another. We're ready to be inspired!
4PM PST / 7PM EST online (free, registration is required) ✨
4PM PST / 7PM EST online (free, registration is required) ✨
This week, we’re featuring Sherri Crane, Manager of Housing Services & Engagement at @brightsidehomes.bsky.social.
Sherri and the incredible Brightside team provide affordable housing to residents struggling to meet the demands of the market housing.
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Sherri and the incredible Brightside team provide affordable housing to residents struggling to meet the demands of the market housing.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This week, we’re featuring Sherri Crane, Manager of Housing Services & Engagement at @brightsidehomes.bsky.social.
Sherri and the incredible Brightside team provide affordable housing to residents struggling to meet the demands of the market housing.
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Sherri and the incredible Brightside team provide affordable housing to residents struggling to meet the demands of the market housing.
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HNC's own @michellehoar.bsky.social will be one of the featured speakers at this upcoming, online event from @thewalrus.ca! We're looking forward to chatting about how to connect with others in the places we gather. What does it take to create and sustain "third spaces"? Let's find out together. 💭
At Belonging Forum presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Place and Belonging we’ll explore the challenges and rewards of creating and sustaining “third spaces”. www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-walru...
October 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
HNC's own @michellehoar.bsky.social will be one of the featured speakers at this upcoming, online event from @thewalrus.ca! We're looking forward to chatting about how to connect with others in the places we gather. What does it take to create and sustain "third spaces"? Let's find out together. 💭
In times of crisis, our neighbours are often our closest source of support. We need to work together to foster these neighbourly connections so that we can build #community, #mutualsupport, and #resilience.
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Katia Tynan - City of Vancouver (Living Together Symposium 2025)
YouTube video by Hey Neighbour Collective
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October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In times of crisis, our neighbours are often our closest source of support. We need to work together to foster these neighbourly connections so that we can build #community, #mutualsupport, and #resilience.
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An excellent opportunity for SFU grad students! See below from @sfuurb.bsky.social. Deadline to apply is November 7. 🥳
SFU CERi is hiring a DTES Climate Resiliency Research & Advocacy Coordinator (hybrid) to support community-led climate action at 312 Main. If you’re an SFU grad student passionate about equity and climate justice, apply by Nov 7:
sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
#sfuurb
sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
#sfuurb
October 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
An excellent opportunity for SFU grad students! See below from @sfuurb.bsky.social. Deadline to apply is November 7. 🥳
Housing is a social determinant of health, so is social connection. However, so often, our siloed systems fail to work within the intersections of health, housing, and connection. 🩺
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October 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Housing is a social determinant of health, so is social connection. However, so often, our siloed systems fail to work within the intersections of health, housing, and connection. 🩺
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Join the Bruntletts for their book launch, "Women Changing Cities", an inspiring evening exploring how women are reshaping cities into more inclusive, sustainable & people-focused places.
Thursday (7-9 PM)
Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre
RSVP: tinyurl.com/7cspv5aa
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
Thursday (7-9 PM)
Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre
RSVP: tinyurl.com/7cspv5aa
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
Book Launch - Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation
A Week of Learning with the Bruntletts: Dutch Practices of Active Transportation Planning
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October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Join the Bruntletts for their book launch, "Women Changing Cities", an inspiring evening exploring how women are reshaping cities into more inclusive, sustainable & people-focused places.
Thursday (7-9 PM)
Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre
RSVP: tinyurl.com/7cspv5aa
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
Thursday (7-9 PM)
Challenge Theatre, SFU Harbour Centre
RSVP: tinyurl.com/7cspv5aa
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
What a lineup! Vancouverites - take note! 🚲 @modacitylife.com
The week of October 6th, we're returning to our beloved Vancouver for a week of learning about active transportation planning including a workshop, lecture and book launch for our latest "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation".
Program and tickets: modacitylife.com/vancouver
Program and tickets: modacitylife.com/vancouver
October 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
What a lineup! Vancouverites - take note! 🚲 @modacitylife.com
The NHN pilot aimed to bring residents of multi-unit buildings together to learn about the value of neighbourly support and to collaborate on taking action together to strengthen mutual assistance. From our partners, Building Resilient Neighbourhoods~
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/09/neig...
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/09/neig...
What if neighbours helped neighbours more? Here’s what we learned!
What if our neighbours became sources of everyday support that could allow all of us to grow our social connectedness and resilience, while also staying in our homes longer as we “age in the right…
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca
October 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The NHN pilot aimed to bring residents of multi-unit buildings together to learn about the value of neighbourly support and to collaborate on taking action together to strengthen mutual assistance. From our partners, Building Resilient Neighbourhoods~
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/09/neig...
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/09/neig...
In early May of this year, we hosted our two-day Living Together Symposium: Connecting housing, social health, and resilience symposium– a gathering of nearly 200 brilliant minds from across sectors and organizations.
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September 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In early May of this year, we hosted our two-day Living Together Symposium: Connecting housing, social health, and resilience symposium– a gathering of nearly 200 brilliant minds from across sectors and organizations.
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Upcoming full-day workshop with the City of Victoria & the Tamarack Institute, all about the ABCDs: Asset-Based Community Development.
Build on strengths instead of deficits.
Oct 20. 9am-4pm; $199 incl refreshments & lunch.
events.tamarackcommunity.ca/abcd-in-acti...
Build on strengths instead of deficits.
Oct 20. 9am-4pm; $199 incl refreshments & lunch.
events.tamarackcommunity.ca/abcd-in-acti...
ABCD in Action - Victoria
This in-person workshop explores how ABCD can bring strategies and plans to life by centring the strengths, relationships, and leadership already present in communities.
events.tamarackcommunity.ca
September 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Upcoming full-day workshop with the City of Victoria & the Tamarack Institute, all about the ABCDs: Asset-Based Community Development.
Build on strengths instead of deficits.
Oct 20. 9am-4pm; $199 incl refreshments & lunch.
events.tamarackcommunity.ca/abcd-in-acti...
Build on strengths instead of deficits.
Oct 20. 9am-4pm; $199 incl refreshments & lunch.
events.tamarackcommunity.ca/abcd-in-acti...
This week, we're thinking about...why friends matter!
"Individual well-being is most impacted by how connected people feel to those around them, how they spend their spare time and their work-life balance." #Friendship #Togetherness
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/07/03/p...
"Individual well-being is most impacted by how connected people feel to those around them, how they spend their spare time and their work-life balance." #Friendship #Togetherness
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/07/03/p...
Pressed for time, fewer Canadians see friends regularly
New data show Canadians' social time is shrinking. But experts say in-person friendships remain vital for well-being
www.canadianaffairs.news
September 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This week, we're thinking about...why friends matter!
"Individual well-being is most impacted by how connected people feel to those around them, how they spend their spare time and their work-life balance." #Friendship #Togetherness
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/07/03/p...
"Individual well-being is most impacted by how connected people feel to those around them, how they spend their spare time and their work-life balance." #Friendship #Togetherness
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/07/03/p...
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Welcome to #SFU, new undergrads! Visit our table today to discover what our Urban Worlds major is all about. We are looking forward to meeting you!
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Welcome to #SFU, new undergrads! Visit our table today to discover what our Urban Worlds major is all about. We are looking forward to meeting you!
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
#sfuurb @sfufass.bsky.social
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Looking for a start or a deepening of your practice on urban issues?
The Fall 2025 @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism are now open!
www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...
The Fall 2025 @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism are now open!
www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...
City Program
www.sfu.ca
August 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Looking for a start or a deepening of your practice on urban issues?
The Fall 2025 @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism are now open!
www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...
The Fall 2025 @sfucity.bsky.social online and in-person introductory + advanced classes & workshops on #CityMaking + #Urbanism are now open!
www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...
Looking forward to understanding key insights from these recommendations. (and many congrats to Tara, HNC's Strategic Communications Specialist + the whole Aging in the Right Place Partnership for this work!) ✨ @sfu.ca mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Policy Pathways for Aging in the Right Place: Strategies to Address Homelessness among Older Adults in Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal. After registering, ...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Policy Pathways for Aging in the Right Place: Strategies to Address Homelessness among Older Adults in Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal. After registering, ...
mcmaster.zoom.us
August 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Looking forward to understanding key insights from these recommendations. (and many congrats to Tara, HNC's Strategic Communications Specialist + the whole Aging in the Right Place Partnership for this work!) ✨ @sfu.ca mcmaster.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"Implementing programming within existing communities populated by seniors is a better model of care for people wanting to age at home, according to Jennifer Brooks, a volunteer with the Council on Aging of Ottawa."
‘We don’t want to be warehoused’: Advocates push for community-based future of aging in Ottawa ottawacitizen.com/news/communi...
‘We don’t want to be warehoused’: Advocates push for community-based future of aging in Ottawa
Seniors and advocates say getting proper supports can keep them living at home.
ottawacitizen.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"Implementing programming within existing communities populated by seniors is a better model of care for people wanting to age at home, according to Jennifer Brooks, a volunteer with the Council on Aging of Ottawa."
We're excited to attend this Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) webinar on the opportunities and challenges for delivering new housing supply in an era of proactive planning. Sept 16, 12-1:30 PM PDT, see you there? 🗓️ #PIBC
pibc.bc.ca/event/pln-20...
pibc.bc.ca/event/pln-20...
PIBC PLN 2025 Webinar #8: The Cold Hard Truths About Housing Development and the Art of the Possible - A Panel Dialogue | Planning Institute of British Columbia
pibc.bc.ca
August 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We're excited to attend this Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) webinar on the opportunities and challenges for delivering new housing supply in an era of proactive planning. Sept 16, 12-1:30 PM PDT, see you there? 🗓️ #PIBC
pibc.bc.ca/event/pln-20...
pibc.bc.ca/event/pln-20...
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Reminder!📣 Nominations open 📣This award honours older adults whose age plus years in co-op housing total 100+, celebrating their contributions to their co-ops and communities.
You can nominate yourself or a neighbour. Learn more on the application page: buff.ly/IuaVixv
You can nominate yourself or a neighbour. Learn more on the application page: buff.ly/IuaVixv
August 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reminder!📣 Nominations open 📣This award honours older adults whose age plus years in co-op housing total 100+, celebrating their contributions to their co-ops and communities.
You can nominate yourself or a neighbour. Learn more on the application page: buff.ly/IuaVixv
You can nominate yourself or a neighbour. Learn more on the application page: buff.ly/IuaVixv
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Great news from Penticton! City council unanimously approved 10-year property tax exemptions on non-profit housing. Actions like these help reduce rents in new and existing affordable housing developments. 👍
pub-penticton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
pub-penticton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
pub-penticton.escribemeetings.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Great news from Penticton! City council unanimously approved 10-year property tax exemptions on non-profit housing. Actions like these help reduce rents in new and existing affordable housing developments. 👍
pub-penticton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
pub-penticton.escribemeetings.com/filestream.a...
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My first Starter Pack! The Canadian urbanism and planning community on here is growing. Give these folks a follow. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! (please re-post!) go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My first Starter Pack! The Canadian urbanism and planning community on here is growing. Give these folks a follow. Some well known faces … and some you should get to know! (please re-post!) go.bsky.app/AEYL7FZ
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Living the Co-operative Way: Secure & Connected Living
In B.C., rising rents & urban loneliness push people apart — co-ops bring them back together.
Stable costs. Shared decisions. Real community.
💬 Read more:
In B.C., rising rents & urban loneliness push people apart — co-ops bring them back together.
Stable costs. Shared decisions. Real community.
💬 Read more:
Living the Co-operative Way: Secure and Connected Living - CHF BC
Discover how co-op housing in B.C. offers secure and connected living that helps alleviate social isolation and rental stress. The United Nations declared 2025 the International Year of Cooperatives,…
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August 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Living the Co-operative Way: Secure & Connected Living
In B.C., rising rents & urban loneliness push people apart — co-ops bring them back together.
Stable costs. Shared decisions. Real community.
💬 Read more:
In B.C., rising rents & urban loneliness push people apart — co-ops bring them back together.
Stable costs. Shared decisions. Real community.
💬 Read more:
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Haven't seen our #communityreport on "Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities" yet? Check it out here: www.yorku.ca/euc/research...
#parks #greenspaces #socialconnection #equity
#parks #greenspaces #socialconnection #equity
Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities: Exploring the experiences of racialized residents in two Toronto neighbourhoods - Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities
Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities is a community-based participatory research project that explores the experiences of racialized and Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in public g...
www.yorku.ca
August 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Haven't seen our #communityreport on "Park Perceptions and Racialized Realities" yet? Check it out here: www.yorku.ca/euc/research...
#parks #greenspaces #socialconnection #equity
#parks #greenspaces #socialconnection #equity
This is a priority area of focus for the Collective in the next few years: supporting the scaling UP of programs - specifically focused on #socialconnection and #wellbeing - that support older adults to #ageinplace in multi-unit housing.
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Opinion: Seniors, health care and housing — the crisis few Canadians are talking about
Dr. Wong: Seniors are now more likely to face homelessness than youth and non-senior adults, according to data from the federal government.
vancouversun.com
August 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is a priority area of focus for the Collective in the next few years: supporting the scaling UP of programs - specifically focused on #socialconnection and #wellbeing - that support older adults to #ageinplace in multi-unit housing.
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
Our 5-year learning report is out! This milestone report captures the journey of HNC/partners over the past half-decade as we work towards a future where more of Canada’s #multiunithousing is #sociallyconnected, neighbourly, health-promoting & resilient.
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/07/hnc-...
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/07/hnc-...
Hey Neighbour Collective’s Evaluation Report: Impacts and learnings from our first five years (2019-2024)
This report summarizes key learnings from HNC’s first five years of operation and is organized into four parts that describes HNC’s activities and their impacts, collective learnings, and shared prior...
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca
July 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our 5-year learning report is out! This milestone report captures the journey of HNC/partners over the past half-decade as we work towards a future where more of Canada’s #multiunithousing is #sociallyconnected, neighbourly, health-promoting & resilient.
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/07/hnc-...
www.heyneighbourcollective.ca/2025/07/hnc-...
Our colleagues at Building Resilient Neighbourhoods are on the lookout for a new #CommunicationsCoordinator! Is this your dream job? 💭 Take a look below, the deadline to apply is August 22. #JobAlert #Hiring
www.resilientneighbourhoods.ca/2025/07/job-...
www.resilientneighbourhoods.ca/2025/07/job-...
Job posting: Project and Communications Coordinator
Let us know exactly where your interests, skills, and availability match with our needs!
www.resilientneighbourhoods.ca
July 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Our colleagues at Building Resilient Neighbourhoods are on the lookout for a new #CommunicationsCoordinator! Is this your dream job? 💭 Take a look below, the deadline to apply is August 22. #JobAlert #Hiring
www.resilientneighbourhoods.ca/2025/07/job-...
www.resilientneighbourhoods.ca/2025/07/job-...