Stories & News
Welcome to our new cohort of Connect & Prepare partners!
BRN’s facilitator training expands the reach and impacts of Connect & Prepare.
Announcing Capital Region Connection in Action
A new regional community-building initiative in the Greater Victoria area
How neighbourly connections can help us “age in the right place”
Exploring activities that create foundations for older adults to thrive.
No help needed, we’re Canadian!?
Working through common attitudes and resistances towards neighbourly helping.
Everyone “gets” emergencies
The Neighbours Helping Neighbours pilot showed that collective preparedness is a popular gateway for neighbours to help one another.
What if neighbours helped neighbours more? Here’s what we learned!
Neighbours Helping Neighbours: Pilot Learning Report (2023-2025) is now available.
Job posting: Project and Communications Coordinator
Let us know exactly where your interests, skills, and availability match with our needs!
“Let’s Talk Housing” BC Housing episode
Since 2023, BRN has been collaborating with BC Housing to strengthen Tenant Resilience and support creating more prepared and connected communities at BC Housing sites. Through the delivery of BRN’s…
Connect & Prepare “Should be in every building!”
Collaborating on emergency preparedness fosters residents’ collective resilience—and lived experiences of disabilities can be valuable assets in the process. This is one of the key takeaways from a unique collaboration in Vancouver, British Columbia that resulted in many resident-participants—and also staff at the organizations involved—feeling inspired and transformed.