Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

Zone d'identification

Type d'entité

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Forme autorisée du nom

Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

forme(s) parallèle(s) du nom

    Forme(s) du nom normalisée(s) selon d'autres conventions

    • Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Autre(s) forme(s) du nom

    • Ontario. Attorney General Laboratory

    Numéro d'immatriculation des collectivités

    Zone de description

    Dates d’existence

    1932-

    Historique

    Although officially named in 1966, the origins of the Centre of Forensic Sciences (CFS) date from 1932 when a medico-legal laboratory within the Department of the Attorney General was organized by Dr. E.R. Frankish. It provided services in pathology, biology (tests for blood, semen, hairs, fibres, and plant materials), and toxicology.

    In 1951, the Deputy Attorney General, the Honourable C.R. Magone, appointed Dr. H. Ward Smith the first Director of the Attorney General Laboratory, with the responsibility to re-organize the Laboratory. Within six years, the Laboratory had relocated three times, staff had risen from three to fourteen, and a sectional structure had begun to take shape. In August 1966, the name of the Laboratory changed to the Centre of Forensic Sciences.

    Following the death of Dr. Smith in 1972, D.M. Lucas was appointed Director of the Centre. The Centre was also transferred from the Ministry of the Attorney General to the new Ministry of the Solicitor General to function independently of the police and prosecutorial services of government.

    In 2002, the Centre was transferred to the new Ministry of Public Safety and Security and again to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services in 2003.

    Lieux

    Statut légal

    Fonctions et activités

    The Centre of Forensic Sciences prepares legally admissible evidence for law enforcement personnel, the legal profession and coroners through scientific examination and analysis of objects and materials.

    The Centre of Forensic Sciences is divided into six areas of specialization - Biology, Chemistry, Documents, Firearms, Photography, and Toxicology. It also maintains a Northern Regional Forensic Laboratory in Sault Ste. Marie.

    Adresse

    Organisation interne/Généalogie

    Contexte général

    Zone des relations

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of the Attorney General (1791-1969)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA28

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of the Attorney General contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Dept. of Justice (1969-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA73

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Dept. of Justice contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA29

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1972-1993) contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (1993-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA82

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1999-2002) (1999-2002)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA1133

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1999-2002) contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security (2002-2003)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA125

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Ministry of Public Safety and Security contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Entité associée

    Ontario. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (2003-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA126

    Type de relation

    hiérarchique

    Type de relation

    Ontario. Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services contrôles Ontario. Centre of Forensic Sciences

    Dates de la relation

    Description de la relation

    Zone des points d'accès

    Mots-clés - Sujets

    Mots-clés - Lieux

    Epithet

    Zone du contrôle

    Identifiant de notice d'autorité

    CA1318

    Identifiant du service d'archives

    Règles et/ou conventions utilisées

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Statut

    Approved

    Niveau de détail

    Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Langue(s)

      Écriture(s)

        Sources

        The Government of Ontario Telephone Directory Fall/Winter 1972-1995

        KWIC Index to Government Services, 1987, 1991

        Ministry of Solicitor General web site http://www.sgcs.gov.on.ca/english/public/forensic.html

        Goals Newsletter, December 1992 - Issue #9

        Notes de maintenance

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