Ian Skelton B.A., M.U.P., Ph.D., M.C.I.P.
 

Telephone: (204)474-6417

Fax Number: (204)474-7532

J.A. Russell Bldg.
Faculty of Architecture
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada  R3T 2N2


iskelton@umanitoba.ca

 Position: Professor

Research Interests:

  • Processes of housing provision 
  • Dynamics of the provision of social services and welfare state restructuring 
  • Application of advances in social theory to planning and community development practice

Teaching Interests:

  • Preparing students for the application of planning skills in housing and social service provision 
  • Promoting awareness of the social context of planning 
  • Developing skills in critical thinking

Reviewed Publications

Supporting Identity and Social Need: The Many Faces of Co-op Housing. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2002.

Residential mobility of aboriginal single mothers in Winnipeg: An exploratory study of chronic moving.  Journal of Housing and the Built Environment vol 17: 127?144, 2002.

Cooperative and nonprofit housing in Winnipeg: Toward a re-engagement of the provision infrastructure. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 9: 177-96, 2000.

Welfare pluralism: Perspectives on potentialities. Canadian Review of Social Policy no 41: 45-53, 1998.

Shelter Shortage: New Directions for Low-Cost Housing Policy in Canada. Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Ottawa, 1998.

Planning under welfare pluralism: Social housing targets and allocations in Ontario, Canada, Geoforum, vol 28 no 1: 79-89, 1997.

Geographic variation in services under different providers: the case of formal child care in Ontario. The Professional Geographer, vol 49: 224-35, 1997.

Linking urban development and ecological concerns: Constraints and opportunities. Canadian Journal of Urban Research, vol 4 no 2: 229-48, 1997. (with Milroy, B.M., Filion, P., Fisher, W. & Autio, L.)

The geographic distribution of social housing in Ontario, Canada: Comparing public housing and locally sponsored, third sector housing. Housing Studies, vol 11 no 2: 189-206, 1996.

Watershed planning for urbanization to avoid undesirable stream outcomes. Canadian Water Resources Association vol 21 no 2: 237-51, 1996. (with Cox, J., Hendrickson, C. and Suffling, R.)

Child care in Ontario: Service availability in a decentralized provision system, 62 - 74 in England, K. (ed) Who Will Mind the Baby: Geographies of Child Care and Working Mothers. London: Routledge (invited), 1996.

Other Publications

(Review) The Limits of Housing Policy. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 7: 277-9, 1998.

(Review) van Vliet, W. The Encyclopedia of Housing. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 7: 291-3, 1998.

(Review) Hasson, S. and Ley, D. Neighbourhood Organizations and the Welfare State. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 5: 159-60, 1996.

The quest for the ìPlanning Grailî: Community in contemporary planning literature. Plan Canada 36,4: 36-37, 1996. (Author order: Wilhelm, S. and Skelton, I.)

Analysis of targets and allocations in MOH post 1985 non profit housing programs. Report prepared for Ontario Ministry of Housing, 1995.

(Review) Caulfield, J. City Form and Everyday Life: Toronto's Gentrification and Critical Social Practice. Canadian Journal of Urban Research 4: 140-41, 1995.