Dr Wendy Thomson, CBE

Career: pt/t sessional lectr McGill Univ Montreal 1977-81, exec dir Head and Hands (Montreal) 1976-80, exec dir West Island Association for People with Learning Disabilities (Quebec) 1981-82, sr programmes offr GLC 1985-86, head of fin and programmes London Strategic Policy Unit (LSPU) 1986-87, asst chief exec Islington Cncl 1987-93, chief exec Turning Point 1993-96, chief exec London Borough of Newham 1996-99, dir of inspection Audit Cmmn 1999-2001, head OPSR 2001-05, seconded as chief exec Local Government Leadership Centre 2004-05, prof and dir Sch of Social Work McGill Univ Montreal 2005-; cmmr Ontario Cmmn to Promote Sustainable Child Welfare 2009-, chair Expert Gp on Health Care Financing in Quebec 2012-; int expert Advsy Gp African Cmmn for Local Govt Improvement 2011-; research affiliations incl: Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations, McGill Centre for Research on Children and Families 2005-

Books and Publications: incl: Bureaucracy and Community (contrib, 1990), Citizen's Rights in a Modern Welfare System (contrib, 1992), Management for Quality in Local Government (contrib, 1992), Fitness for Purpose: Shaping new Patterns for Organisations and Management (co-author, 1993), Future Directions for In-Care Services in a Sustainable Child Welfare System (2010), Towards Sustainable Child Welfare (2010), Jurisdictional Comparisons of Child Welfare System Design (2010), Reducing Administrative Burden in Child Welfare (2010), A New Approach to Funding Child Welfare in Ontario (2011), Aboriginal Child Welfare in Ontario: A Discussion Paper (2011); also contrib to various other publications and author numerous conf papers