“Far Aparties”: physically distanced gatherings with neighbours
As Canadians we tend to cocoon over the winter and once the weather gets sunny many of us cannot wait to get out and socialize with our friends and neighbours….
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Resident Animators Guide for Multi-unit Buildings
The Hey Neighbour Collective (in which Building Resilient Neighbourhoods is a partner) has produced a handy “Resident Animators Guide ” to help “bring community to life” in the apartment, condominium,…
“Hey Neighbour”: Vancouver Visits Social Connectedness in Multi-Unit Dwellings
The City of Vancouver, BC recently took forty developers, property managers, architects and planners to visit eight sites that showcased friendly, sociable multi-unit buildings. It marked “the start of strong…
How to Create a Vertical Village
The Transition Network’s Caring Collaborative produced a manual for helping create closer social ties and a greater experience of community in apartments and condominium buildings. Here’s a brief excerpt below,…
TEDx: Take a Street and Build a Community
How well do you know your neighbours? Suburban life is often isolating and rarely a true community experience. In this TEDx talk about Hulbert Street in Perth, Australia, Shani Graham…
Visit McCaskill Street – Forging Community Through Resource Sharing
Peak Moment Television has produced a 20-minute video about the pioneering Transition Streets project on McCaskill Street that occurred right here in Victoria, British Columbia, and is still going! Click…
Transition Streets Program
Transition Victoria pioneered the Transition Streets program. Watch a video about the first-ever Transition Street, which happened in Vic West. On a Transition Street, neighbours work together to learn how…
Video: Park(ing) Day Living Room
Park(ing) Day is an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. We don’t endorse buying all this stuff new just to…
Story: Eagle Island’s Cool Neighbourhood
Eagle Island is a small-scale example of how leadership can result in action on climate change. Eagle Island is a community of 30 homes, located within the municipality of West…