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CANADA | Jul 21, 2026

[Article] Thank you for being a friend: B.C. senior home-sharing program to ease housing costs and isolation

A new North Vancouver initiative is helping older adults turn spare bedrooms into affordable housing, creating opportunities to reduce both housing costs and social isolation.The Hollyburn Society is piloting the two-year Hidden Housing Solutions program, which matches homeowners aged 55 and older w

[Arts] Dancing to Friendship

Interviewed and written by a BCBWP VolunteerBC Brain Wellness Programs have immediate impact for their participants, but they also have impact that expands through time and into the lives of other peo

[Arts] Healing Through Words - A Mini Collection

This mini collection, created in collaboration with the BC Brain Wellness program aims to carry forward the wisdom of the elders to the younger readers on this platform. With hopes of bridging the gap

[Survey] Help shape WHO’s first global recommendations on loneliness and social isolation

Do you run (or have you run) an initiative or programme that aims to help people who feel lonely or isolated?WHO is developing its first global recommendations on reducing loneliness and social isolat

[Impact Story] Volunteers: Dismantling Stigma, Building Communities of Care

As 2026 is the International Year of the Volunteer, we’ve prepared this special series to celebrate Nav-CARE volunteers across the country who so generously give their time to support persons in the

[Participate] Looking for Health, Housing, and Social Care Providers to Interview

The Aging in the Right Place Partnership research team is working on a project funded through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The proje

[News] Approving access to over-the-counter hearing aids

SummaryAdults 18 and older in B.C. with mild to moderate hearing loss can buy over-the-counter hearing aids without a prescriptionHealth Canada-approved over-the-counter hearing aids will be availabl

[Participate] Understanding Older Men’s Spousal Caregiving: A Photovoice Study

Study backgroundThis three-year photovoice study is led by Dr. John Oliffe, Founder and Lead Investigator of the University of British Columbia’s Men’s Health Research Program, with co-investig

[BC Gov News] Applications open for future skills grant

Helping people in British Columbia access affordable skills training for in-demand careers

[Community Story] Stocking the shelves before the storm: Cumberland’s plan for a food-secure future

Picture a winter storm that closes the highway, or a wildfire that severs the routes onto Vancouver Island. Within days, grocery shelves thin out. For a community at the end of a long and fragile supp