Living Together will convene 150+ housing experts, public health professionals, municipal planners, architects, place-based community organizations, emergency management professionals, senior government policymakers, academics, and students.
Together, we’ll celebrate successes, share learnings and identify opportunities to move closer to a future where more of Canada’s multi-unit housing communities are age-friendly, socially connected, neighbourly, health-promoting and resilient.
The two-day event will touch on diverse but overlapping topics:
Creating stronger conditions for aging in place in multi-unit housing;
Strengthening neighbourly social connections and mutual support to prepare for and withstand stresses and climate-related emergencies;
Best practices for designing socially connected, age-friendly, resilient multi-unit housing;
Aligning health and housing sectors to support systems and policy change;
Exploring the integration of nature-based solutions as social connection infrastructure in multi-unit housing retrofits and redevelopments, and more.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day event happening on Monday, May 5 and Tuesday, May 6. Communications from Eventbrite indicate it is only on Monday. We will send a two-day calendar invite to all registrants to confirm the dates.
Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be included.
Details
When: May 5th & 6th, 2025
Where: SFU Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3
Lead Hosts: Hey Neighbour Collective
Co-hosts: BC Centre for Disease Control, Building Resilient Neighbourhoods, Happy Cities, Renewable Cities, SFU Urban Studies, SFU Gerontology, SFU Health Sciences, Action on Climate Team and Climate Innovation
Sponsors: BCCDC Facilities Engagement, BC Housing Research Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health.
Funders: Waltons Trust, Max Bell Foundation and SSHRC
Accessibility
Washrooms are located on the lower level, second, third and fourth floors of the building. The venue has a gender-neutral washroom, available on the second floor in the east hallway. All floors within the building, including the venue and washrooms, are wheelchair accessible and serviced by elevators. How can we make this event accessible for you? If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding this event’s accessibility, feel free to connect with us at nnabors@sfu.ca.
Directions
The SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue is located at 580 W. Hastings St (enter by Seymour Street at Joe Segal Way), and is a brief walk from Waterfront station and numerous bus stops. Bike racks are available outside the Hastings entrance of SFU Harbour Centre (located across the street). Nearby parking is available at 500 & 400 W. Cordova St.
Code of Conduct and Inclusion Expectation
This is an inclusive event. By submitting your registration, you are agreeing to engage with organizers and other guests at the event in a respectful manner. Offensive or discriminatory behaviour and/or language toward event organizers and other guests will not be tolerated. Such behaviour may result in the removal or banning of the individual(s) from future events.
Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge the unceded, traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm(Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, on which the SFU Vancouver campus and the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue building are located.