According to The City of Calgary Seniors Population Profile published in 2016 using data from 2011, 10% of Calgarians are seniors, 41% of seniors are immigrants, and 25% of seniors live alone.

Calgary will be on the forefront of senior care, very important in today’s world where Diversity & Inclusion emphasizes that Calgary and Canada should address everyone. Use the Seniors Population Profile to address exactly how many Calgarians will be helped by implementing technology to ensure that all citizens have a way to communicate when/where they need assistance, and know which Calgarians are available and able to assist.

Use Wi-Fi access points at places like City Hall and C-Train stations to automatically identify citizens who may need assistance (physical, senior). These citizens may, for example, push a button on their wrist or even speak to a wearable microphone in their own language to identify that they need help. Any citizens who are nearby and able to help will be notified via cell phone text or something similar. These citizens who help may have to pass a security screening or other training in order to show that they are able to help respective to the help needed. For example, having to have up-to-date first aid training to assist in related problems.
Use Internet of Things to identify door-to-door salesmen and thieves so that seniors know to not open their door. Example, use Smart Cities and WiFi cameras to identify people who are going door-to-door and inform seniors in their home to not open the door, because some seniors may believe that anybody who comes to their door is trustworthy.

The development of downtown’s East village has proved that, it is important to have a great mix of new and old in order to retain the cultural richness of city. It also authorizes cleansing of space which traditionally has stereotypical sentiments attached to it. Similar to Simmon’s block which houses businesses and allows a shared space for businesses; it is important to look into developing areas that surround Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre as well.

Repurposing historical buildings into cultural spaces will allow the use of pathway’s, bike lanes and slowly divert the inherent issues that an area surrounding rehab’s and drop in’s face and eliminate stereotypical fears that citizens have for areas surrounding Drop-In centres. It helps develop the East village further, supporting downtown living and growth of businesses in surrounding areas creating more jobs and opportunities. It also permits use of technology new and existing to flourish hand in hand as city repurposes it old with new.

There are various examples all over North America which used similar idea, which proved to be successful to create the creative, economical and entreprenurial richness of the city.One such example is linked below:

https://epicureandculture.com/historical-buildings-accommdation-cultural-spaces/

The increased used of pathways, bike lanes, development of areas with more cultural richness, more shared spaces eliminating crime in and around Drop- In centre. the most direct effect of this could be measured by the amount of jobs and business opportunities that the reinvention of this space will permit.

Use of technology, architecture, newer construction methods, creative collaboration and public input are the most important aspects of projects like such. The redevelopment of spaces with historical significance requires use of technology, IT, newer and ecological methods of construction and creative collaboration which can be used from local artists. All these simple factors constitutes the scope of technology that is required to reinvent and redevelop and re use this space into something more meaningful.