Dr. Wendy Thomson, CBE, Director, School of Social Work
Dr. Wendy Thomson, CBE, Director, School of Social Work McGill University
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Dr. Wendy Thomson, CBE, Director, School of Social Work
Dr Wendy Thomson, CBE, has a distinguished career in public services in the UK, and joined McGill University in June 2005 as Professor of Social Policy and Director of the School of Social Work. Her research interest is public service delivery – making policy work in practice for the people they are intended to serve. Currently she is involved in OECD and UN initiatives in governance and public service reform internationally, and with DFID (UK) in West Africa. She was appointed to the Board of the Agence de Santé et Services Sociaux de Montréal, by the Minister of Health & Social Services and is participating in one of the ten Knowledge Impact in Society (KIS) projects that has received funding through SSHRC entitled Evidence-Based Management in Child Welfare Services. Until May 2005, she was working in 10 Downing Street as Tony Blair’s Chief Adviser on Public Service Reform. She was previously Director of the Audit Commission in the UK (responsible for inspection of local government services across England and Wales), and Chief Executive of the London Borough of Newham. Wendy was born in Montreal and before moving to the UK, she was involved in social services in Montreal – at Head and Hands, Centraide, Family Services Association and Elizabeth House.
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Courses Offered
Social Work: Starting and maintaining an effective non-profit organization, including values and vision, governance, strategy, performance and accountability, professionals and volunteers, support services, managing change, and working across organizational boundaries - partnerships, contracts, networks, coalitions.
Offered by: Social Work
- Terms
- Fall 2009
- Instructors
- Wendy Ann Thomson
Social Work: Analysis of social policies and their impact on social work practice and on the clienteles that they affect. Study of the interaction between social policies and styles of management of social work organizations responsible for their application.
Offered by: Social Work
- Restriction: Open only to students in the joint Social Work Ph.D. program
- Terms
- Winter 2010
- Instructors
- Jill Hanley
Office Hours & Contact Information
Office hours are by appointment only.
Please schedule your appointment by contacting the Assistant to the Director:
Alana Bonner
Address:
McGill University
School of Social Work
3506 University Street
Montreal QC H3A 2A7
Phone Number: (514) 398-7068
Email: Wendy Thomson
