hosted a focus group with the Engineers for a

Sustainable World UBC chapter, whose members

provided insight on the technological compo-
nents of the structure. At a WinterAction event

under the Cambie Street Bridge, we invited

passersby to design identifiers and realized the

importance of a creative platform in public

spaces. In collaboration with Village Vancouver

Main Street Neighbourhood, we have hosted

a community conversation and asset-mapping

workshops, which showed us the importance

of including information-sharing features

in the structure. By connecting with Ann Pacey,
the leader of the Dunbar Earthquake and Emer-
gency Preparedness group, we adapted our com-
munications model to mirror existing efforts in

the Vancouver community. As ouriterative design

process continues, and throughout the implemen-
tation of NeighbourHubs, we will continue to co-
create resilience in Vancouver’s neighbourhoods.

We hope to propose potential options for
implementation that fit within the City of
Vancouver’s existing disaster planning frame-
work. We hope - more purposeful than any of

the physical resources that NeighbourHub

provides - that this structure will prompt conver-
sations among community members as people
learn about its capacity, and start to think about
individual steps they can take at the personal
and neighbourhood level to plan for emergency
preparedness. The Neighbour Hub will be a
replicable model for facilitating discussions
around social connection, civic engagement and
preparedness for citizens to overcome diverse
threats, such as social isolation and/or exclusion,
climate change, drought, and earthquakes, both
today and tomorrow.

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