Welcome to “Tomorrow Tribe”
Buildings aren’t just shelters; they’re medicine for loneliness. Tomorrow Tribe is a team of storytellers exploring how community, design, and empathy can reshape aging in Canada. Our podcast, The Social Prescription for Aging, uncovers how the spaces we live in can heal loneliness—turning architecture into medicine for connection. Through personal stories and expert insights, we imagine a future where growing older means growing together.
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Episode 01: The Expert: Building Connection by Design
In this episode, we sit down with Michelle Hoar, Project Director at Hey Neighbour Collective and co-author of the Building Social Connections toolkit, to unpack how design innovations are rewriting the rules of aging well. From “social circulation” to “resident animators,” discover how spaces across Canada are being reimagined to keep communities connected and thriving.
Episode Zero: The Social Prescription for Aging: How Buildings Can Battle Loneliness
A short, heartfelt introduction to The Social Prescription for Aging. This episode explores groundbreaking research showing how intentional design in multi-unit housing can combat social isolation, especially as we age. A short, engaging intro episode to hook listeners, alongside Nadia Abuseif & Sue Lantz. An emotional first glimpse into how architecture can connect hearts!
About our guests: Sue Lantz is a former Ontario public servant and senior care leader with deep expertise in the needs and challenges of seniors and their families and caregivers. She currently leads a social purpose consulting organization, Collaborative Aging, that delivers educational workshops that improve the aging journey for older adults and their caregivers, focusing on a 5-part framework that includes Health, Housing, Social Connection, Caregiving, Finances & Other Resources. In partnership with Humber Polytechnic, they are researching and designing navigable ways to scale their educational content to reach broader audiences. Nadia Abuseif is a consultant working with Sue on this scaling challenge and brings strong service design and design foresight expertise to this work.
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