Growing resilience through food!
One of the ways that Covid-19 has influenced our lives is through disruption of our food systems. Supply chains were disturbed causing delays, processing plants were shut down, there was…
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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,…
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Fostering community in multi-unit housing: BRN joins the Hey Neighbour Collective!
In many of British Columbia’s densifying communities, multi-unit housing is becoming the norm; however, these housing types can have disproportionately lower levels of connection and community between neighbours, which has…
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How Do We Nurture ‘Community’ in High-rise Buildings?
Listen to the podcast of BRN’s Stacy Barter and Australian strata lawyer Amanda Famer discussing “Vertical Streets” and the fostering of social connectedness and resilience in high-density apartments and condominiums….
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“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…
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Building Great Communities with Pocket Places
“Start small and build incrementally” — it could be a mantra for increased social cohesion and more welcoming neighbourhoods alike. Check out this report from Lorne Daniel of the Greater…
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Learn to Build Neighbourhood “Pocket Places” to Cultivate Community: Nov. 5
Cultivate character and connection on your block with little free libraries, gathering spaces, community info boards and more! Learn how you can start a small project with your neighbours with…
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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…
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Building Liveable Densities: BRN visits Sydney, Australia
BRN’s Stacy Barter is currently on a knowledge-exchange in Australia, discussing how to make life in “vertical streets” like condominium and apartment buildings more socially engaged and resilient. Today (pictured)…
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Happy Homes: A toolkit for building sociability through multi-family housing
From Vancouver-based organization Happy City: “The way we design multi-family housing can make or break social connections and trust. We’ve gathered evidence from psychology, neuroscience, public health and other fields…
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Watch the Social Connectedness Grants Webinar
Do you represent a local government with partnerships with your community and health authority in place? Could your community use more resources and support to foster strong social connections, make…
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Register for the BRN webinar May 10, 2017
The Tamarack Institute is hosting a Building Resilient Neighbourhoods webinar, where we’ll discuss our learnings from the past four years of helping facilitate resilience efforts in Greater Victoria. Please join…
