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Audio-Visual Education Branch
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Ontario. Audio-Visual Aids Branch
Ontario. Audio-Visual Education Section
Ontario. Audio-Visual Section
Ontario. Audio-Visual Unit
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The Audio-Visual Education Branch was established within the Department of Education in September 1945 when a permanent director, J.W. Grimmon, was hired to oversee the activities of the Branch.
The Branch was known by a variety of names during its existence, including simply Audio-Visual Aids or as the Audio-Visual Branch.
Effective January, 1965, the Audio-Visual Education Branch became the Audio-Visual Education Section of the Curriculum Division. When the Curriculum Division was renamed Curriculum Section in 1967, the Audio-Visual Education Section became the Audio-Visual Unit.
In 1968, the broadcast production and teacher training functions were reassigned within the Department. In the same year, the Audio-Visual Division ceased to exist and most of its functions were assumed by the new Learning Materials Services Unit.
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The Audio-Visual Education Branch provided media-based teaching aids to teachers in Ontario schools. It purchased and distributed educational films and photographs, trained teachers in the use of audio-visual equipment, and operated an audio-visual library.
The Branch was involved in the production of radio and television broadcasts for schools. It also provided liaison between the Department and organizations such as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Inventory 2, Records of the Ministry of Education
Annual reports of the Department of Education, 1945-1968
Guide to Services of the Ontario Government, 1960's
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana.
Archivist(s):
Chang