Stories & News
“If you’re safer, we’re all safer”
Community-based organizations delivered Building Resilient Neighbourhood’s Connect & Prepare program to groups of resident-neighbours in ten market and non-market multi-unit rental buildings in Vancouver, New Westminster, and North Vancouver in…
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).
What Residents Say: How social connections strengthen emergency preparedness
As Vancouver resident and Connect & Prepare workshop participant Randall MacKinnon describes it, Connect & Prepare is “an open door to walk through and say ‘hi’ to neighbours you haven’t…
Neighbours Helping Neighbours west coast kick off!
Who do you call when you could use a hand with a simple household task, when you need to borrow an item. How do you stay safe during an extreme…
What is Neighbours Helping Neighbours?
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods and Hey Neighbour Collective recently launched their new program Neighbours Helping Neighbours (NHN). Can you give us an overview of what NHN is and what needs it’s…
Opportunity: Connect & Prepare facilitators’ training
Learn how to support your community in building neighbour-to-neighbour resilience and emergency preparedness! Join us for a Connect & Prepare Facilitators’ Training on May 27th 2024.
Connect & Prepare in action in Vancouver – Mount Pleasant
Read the Vancouver – Mount Pleasant Connect & Prepare Learning Report!
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Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House and the City of Vancouver’s Resilience and Disaster Risk Reduction Team brought Connect & Prepare to four buildings in Vancouver-Mount Pleasant in 2022-23.
Connect & Prepare in action in North Vancouver
Read the North Vancouver Connect & Prepare Learning Report! Connect & Prepare was brought to three buildings in North Vancouver in 2022-23, through a partnership involving BRN and North Shore Community Resources, Silver Harbour Centre, Lionsview Seniors’ Planning, North Shore Emergency Management, and the City of North Vancouver’s Planning Department.
Connect & Prepare in action in New Westminster
Read the New Westminster Connect & Prepare Report! Seniors Services Society of BC and the City of New Westminster’s Community Planning Division and Emergency Management Office collaborated to bring BRN’s Connect & Prepare program to three buildings in New Westminster in 2022-23.