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Job posting: Program & Curriculum Designer; Resilience Facilitator

Posted on April 7, 2022
The ideal candidate is a flexible, adaptive, creative self-starter who also thrives working collaboratively with our team and a diverse range of community members and partners.
Read More Job posting: Program & Curriculum Designer; Resilience Facilitator
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A community space designed by neighbours, for neighbours

Posted on May 18, 2021
A year after the engagement sessions, neighbours will be celebrating the newest addition to their block: a neighbourhood bench activating underused public space in this growing community.
Read More A community space designed by neighbours, for neighbours
Several neighbours stand around a table doing connect and prepare.

Connect & Prepare program applications, call for expressions of interest

Posted on February 27, 2021
We are inviting groups of neighbours living in either a multi-unit building or complex, or on the same street, to be part of a fully online version of our popular “Connect & Prepare” program this spring. Online workshops held between April-June 2021 with the support of micro-grants, program materials, and resource experts.
Read More Connect & Prepare program applications, call for expressions of interest
Connect and prepare, neighbours helping neighbours.

Hey neighbours! Let’s Connect & Prepare together!

Posted on February 1, 2021
Participate in Connect & Prepare and help build a culture of “neighbours helping neighbours” where you live! (Two info sessions available!) About this Event The pandemic is reminding us all…
Read More Hey neighbours! Let’s Connect & Prepare together!
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Hunkering down for winter while staying connected and resilient

Posted on December 7, 2020
It is a marathon, not a sprint. When COVID-19 hit Canada in March many of us braced ourselves for a short period of inconvenience. Pushing into 9 months of the pandemic and lockdowns it’s clear this is not a sprint, but a marathon  with uncertainties of where the finish line will be.
Read More Hunkering down for winter while staying connected and resilient
Montage of growing resilience photos with people and gardens.

Growing resilience through food!

Posted on July 4, 2020
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…
Read More Growing resilience through food!
Victoria Neighbourhood nightly sing-a-long.

“Far Aparties”: physically distanced gatherings with neighbours

Posted on June 3, 2020
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….
Read More “Far Aparties”: physically distanced gatherings with neighbours
Be kind; grow your own vegetables.

Neighbour-to-neighbour activities to keep building those resilience muscles while physical distancing

Posted on April 16, 2020
At Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, we often talk about community resilience as a set of “muscles” we can intentionally develop that will help us pro-actively respond and adapt to different shocks…
Read More Neighbour-to-neighbour activities to keep building those resilience muscles while physical distancing
Some notes and videos, spread out over a table, with examples of neighbourly behaviour.

“Pandemic Pals,” Caremongers, and good ol’ friendliness: Practical ways more neighbours are now helping neighbours

Posted on March 19, 2020
We’d like to share with you some of the simple, practical things that we’ve seen people doing lately to safely connect with and support their neighbours.
Read More “Pandemic Pals,” Caremongers, and good ol’ friendliness: Practical ways more neighbours are now helping neighbours

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