Planning & Design
Michael E. Kelly, AICP, MCIP, is a professional planner with over thirty-five years experience in planning, management, and research. He has worked in variety of capacities in the public, private, and voluntary sectors.
Michael views himself a citizen of the world. He holds Canadian and American citizenships and in addition to having lived in Canada and the United States most of his life, he has lived in Switzerland, Thailand and Cambodia. He has traveled throughout North America, Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa.
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Michael
spent his early years in Geneva, Switzerland at the International
School of Geneva. He holds university degrees (B.A., U. of Arizona and
M.A., U. of Manitoba) in
Anthropology and a Master of Environmental Design (M.E.Des.) in
Planning from the University of Calgary, Faculty of Environmental Design.
Considered by most to be the "Dean" of modern Tourism Planning, Dr. Clare A. Gunn, F.A.S.L.A., Professor Emeritus of the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University said of Michael's Master's Degree Project PARTNERSHIPS FOR TOURISM: Planning Scenarios for Municipalities in the Chinook Country Tourist Zone:
It is a pleasure to see that someone has moved forward some of the concepts that I and others laid down some time ago. Very few people have been that much interested. As I continue to do writing and consulting work, I am more confident than ever that a better world of tourism can result from such efforts.
As I scan your work, I am impressed with the depth of your study. You are to be commended on the caliber of the research, application, and presentation of the results. This work should push you forward into a position of responsibility as well as provide you with a great amount of personal satisfaction.
s/ Clare A. Gunn, Professor Emeritus
- Tourism planning
- Land use planning
- Resource inventory, mapping, and analysis
- Tourism market research
- Survey research — design and analysis
- Archaeological research — survey and excavation
- Archival research
- Preparation of legal evidence
- Project management
- Government, university, and museum administration
- Business management
- Amok, Ltée., Cluff Lake, Saskatchewan
- ARESCO, Ltd., Calgary
- Canadian-Portuguesa interdisciplinary Ecological Research Team, Almograve & Sines, Portugal
- Central Development Association, Parsons Pond, Newfoundland
- Centre for Livable Communities, Calgary
- Chinook Country Tourist Zone, southwestern Alberta
- City of Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Calgary Downtown Business Revitalization Zone Association, Calgary
- CUSO, AMERICAS-CARIBBEAN REGION, San José, Costa Rica
- Dome Petroleum, Alberta
- Heritage Design, USDA Forest Service, Bend, Oregon
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Ottawa & Winnipeg
- Inter Disciplinary Systems, Ltd., Winnipeg
- Islands Trust, Victoria, British Columbia
- London-Laurel County Tourism Association, Kentucky
- Los Angeles County Museum, La Brea Tar Pits, California
- Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg
- North West Territories, Dept. of Tourism and Economic Development
- PaleoSciences Integrated, Ltd., Winnipeg
- Parks Canada, Manitoba & Alberta
- Practical Solutions, Ltd., Arizona
- Saskatchewan Dept. of Transportation, Saskatchewan
- Smithsonian Institution, South & North Dakota
- Specific Claims West, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Alberta
- The District of Fort St. James, British Columbia
- The District of New Hazelton, British Columbia
- The Hopi Tribe, Arizona
- Town of Hinton, Alberta
- TransCanada PipeLines, Ltd., Toronto & Calgary
- University of Calgary, Calgary
- University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
- University of South Dakota, Vermillion
- University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg
- USDOC Economic Development Administration, Western Region
- USDOI Bureau of Indian Affairs, Phoenix Region
- Village of Wakefield, Municipalité de La Pêche, Québec
- Winnipeg Area Airports System Study, Winnipeg
- World Tourism Organization Education & Research Centre, Calgary
Michael is a member in good standing of both the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) and the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP). Membership in these professional societies is based on passing written and oral exams. These organizations have adopted similar, but not identical, codes of ethics and professional conduct which govern the professional behaviour of their members.
Michael's service to the profession includes terms on the
executive committee, including being Chair, of the
Resort & Tourism Division
(R&T Division),
American
Planning Association (APA).
For three years, Michael organized exhibit spaces at APA conferences (the Denver; Washington, D. C.; and
San Francisco conferences) as a networking opportunity for
Division members and as an opportunity for the Division to recruit new members.
Michael joined the Planning Institute of British Columbia's (PIBC) Program Planning Team for the 2006 World Planners' Congress that was held in Vancouver, BC immediately before the UN-HABITAT World Urban Forum.
Michael has presented many conference and training sessions on community tourism planning to various professional association meetings.
- CUSO — Flores, Guatemala
- American Planning Association — Boston, MA
- Canadian CEDNet — Trois Rivéres, QC
- Canadian Institute of Planners — Ottawa, ON
- Tourism Industry Association of Alberta — Jasper, AB
- Arizona American Indian Tourism Association — Phoenix & Tucson, AZ
- American Indian Native Alaskan Tourism Association — Juneau, AK
- The Arizona Native American Economic Coalition — Tucson, AZ
- Northeastern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association — Concord, NH
To request a detailed résumé, please contact Michael by e-mail.
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