Caryl ARUNDEL
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E-mail:	carundelpolitics.ryerson.ca

Caryl Arundel is an Instructor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. She also teaches in the Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management Certificate Program, offered through Ryerson’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education. She holds a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University (Kingston) and a Master of Science (MSc) in Regional and Urban Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her undergraduate degree is in urban geography from the University of Toronto.

Caryl’s teaching interests include Local Government and Politics; Financial Planning, Management and Accountability; Policy/Program Strategic Planning, Management, Effectiveness, Evaluation and Accountability.

Caryl Arundel has 20 years experience in municipal government in Toronto and in London, England. She held a range of senior positions including direct operations in housing, child care and planning, social policy and planning, housing development, organizational and operational analysis, and political support to the Mayor of York and the Chairman of Metropolitan Toronto. Caryl currently works as an independent consultant on a range of policy and management consulting projects in the public and nonprofit sectors, including research and policy analysis, program evaluation, organizational review, facilitation and training, and strategic planning. Her policy interests are in governance, human services and social and health policy.

Publications include:

• Putting Theory into Practice: Asset Mapping in Three Toronto Neighbourhoods (with Peter Clutterbuck and Shelley Cleverly). A study for the Strong Neighbourhoods Task Force. Toronto: United Way of Greater Toronto, 2005.
• Falling Behind: Our Growing Income Gap (with Hemson Consulting Ltd.). A research study into the growing income gap in Canadian cities including case studies on three cities. Ottawa: Federation of Canadian Municipalities, 2003.
• Sub-study 15: An Analysis of Blockage to the Effective Transfer of Clients from Acute Care to Home Care (with Sholom Glouberman). A national study of patient discharge from hospital to home care services focusing on system barriers and best practice. Prepared for the Health Transition Fund of Health Canada. Ottawa: Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN), 2001.

Caryl has been an active member of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC), serving on the Board of Directors for the past six years, the Research Committee and Service to Members Committee. She is also active on the Toronto Regional Group of IPAC since 1994 and was the Co-Chair of the 2001 National Conference, held in Toronto. Caryl also has volunteer experience with a number of nonprofit community based organizations in Toronto.