Editorial: Is social isolation making Vancouver an unhappy place to live?

A Statistics Canada report not long ago found that Vancouver was the unhappiest city of the 33 Canadian municipalities it surveyed and commentators surmised that a lack of social connectedness was a major reason why.
A report released this week by the Vancouver Foundation confirmed that we have a lot of work to do when it comes to social relationships and community engagement. The foundation’s Connections and Engagement report found that one in five residents don’t know their neighbo