Connection in Action: A coordinated response to Loneliness Awareness Week
More than 20 local organizations team up to promote stronger social connections.
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Real ideas for building connection: What connectors are doing for Loneliness Awareness Week
Small moments, big impact: inspiration from the Capital Region community.
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Simple ways to ignite new connections
Practical ideas for building neighbourly connection, one step at a time.
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Announcing Capital Region Connection in Action
A new initiative inviting people across the region to take simple, everyday actions to connect with their neighbours and communities.
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Welcome to our new cohort of Connect & Prepare partners!
BRN’s facilitator training expands the reach and impacts of Connect & Prepare.
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How neighbourly connections can help us “age in the right place”
Exploring activities that create foundations for older adults to thrive.
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No help needed, we’re Canadian!?
Working through common attitudes and resistances towards neighbourly helping.
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“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…
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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.
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Job posting: Facilitator of Programs & Partnerships
BRN is hiring a Facilitator of Programs & Partnerships. 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.
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From isolated residents to engaged neighbours
In a crisis or emergency, neighbours are often the true ‘first responders’—they’re the nearest people to each other. That’s why local governments are finding that Connect & Prepare plays a…
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“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…
