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We are hiring: Office Administrator - Part Time
Are you passionate about affordable housing and connected communities? Join the Salsbury Community Society as our Office Administrator....

Salsbury Board of Directors
Sep 191 min read


2025 Housing Applications Now Open! 🌟
We're excited to be opening up for applications again to our waitpool for the first time since Fall 2023. Thank you for your patience as...

Eric Westberg
Sep 181 min read


We are hiring: Community Housing Manager! 🌟
Are you passionate about affordable housing and connected communities? Join the Salsbury Community Society as our Community Housing...

Salsbury Board of Directors
Aug 252 min read


Neighbours Helping Neighbours
Streetohome Foundation partnered and supported the development of Co:here. Recently, they interviewed Jeanette Moss to give a bit of an...

Eric Westberg
Apr 18, 20231 min read



Salsbury Board of Directors
Oct 31, 20220 min read


In-between-places and unripe figs
I am feeling a little lost this week - lost in between things. In between deadlines, in between schedules, in between others getting back...

Eric Westberg
Sep 21, 20223 min read


Growing as we learn together - SCS launches consulting services
For almost 25 years, Salsbury has been on a wild journey as a community organization and housing operator. Over this time, people have...

Eric Westberg
Sep 15, 20222 min read



Salsbury Board of Directors
Jul 25, 20220 min read
Denying emotions keeps us in conflict…but emotions are the ecosystem where healing happens
I’ve been reading and learning a lot about conflict these last few months, and it’s like lights have been turned on in the dark places of...

Eric Westberg
Jun 27, 20224 min read
Communicating Kindness – the work is ours to do
Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about how housing operators and landlords communicate to tenants – whether it’s through email,...

Eric Westberg
Jun 8, 20223 min read


Processing vs Venting: How we speak to & about others when we have difficult feelings
Brad’s* comment made my blood boil. “You’re not even trying,” he had said about (according to him) my lack of initiative. In our meeting,...

Eric Westberg
Apr 7, 20223 min read
Showing up isn’t easy. But we must.
How do you show up for work as a landlord or property manager? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot recently. How do I listen to...

Eric Westberg
Mar 17, 20222 min read


Cultivating Trust in Housing
Trust is difficult to talk about in our personal or professional relationships. It’s vulnerable. When I first joined SCS to help co-lead...

Eric Westberg
Feb 14, 20223 min read


SCS Housing: Unfolding and Unlearning As We Go
“You are not breaking. You are not broken. You are unfolding” - Luca Fogale “Unfolding” song lyric At a local neighbourhood meeting 25...

Eric Westberg
Jan 14, 20225 min read


Friends and Family: Let’s think twice before using them in our community work
At Salsbury Community Society we are learning a lot about our values - one of our values is Friendship “We companion one another,...

Eric Westberg
Dec 10, 20214 min read


Thoughts on being (vs. doing) in community
Presence is the most precious gift we can give each other – Marshall Rosenberg. At Co:here we strive to nurture relationships and a...

Eric Westberg
Dec 1, 20212 min read



Salsbury Board of Directors
Oct 15, 20210 min read


Re-membering in a time of distance
Bumping elbows at a kitchen sink. Stepping on toes while dancing. Two hands touch when reaching into a bowl. Walking into a person when...

Eric Westberg
Oct 13, 20213 min read


A Place to Call Home: Then and Now
Housing stories from Canadians includes Co:Here as a group of people working together to build better lives, create stronger communities...

Eric Westberg
Oct 1, 20211 min read


4 Years and 1 Global Pandemic Later – Keep Curious and Be Brave
This is my 5th year of working for Salsbury Community Society (SCS) at Co:Here. Co:Here community is a group of people who live in a...

Eric Westberg
Sep 1, 20216 min read
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