Ontario. College Affairs Branch

• College Affairs Branch

The College Affairs Branch was created in 1973, and replaced the former Applied Arts and Technology Branch. It formed part of the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities.

The College Affairs Branch continued to exist until April 1992, when as a result of the restructuring of the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, it was dissolved.

The functions of the Branch were assumed by the newly created Grants Administration Branch and the Policy and Program Branch, except for the colleges staff relations function which was transferred to the new Human Resources and Corporate Services Branch. In 1996, a new Colleges Branch was created within the reorganized Ontario Ministry of Education and Training.

The College Affairs Branch was responsible for the formulation and implementation of planning and policy for the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology (CAATs), often called community colleges. Other functions of the branch included: providing operating and capital grants to the colleges for the delivery of post-secondary academic programs, adult education, and skills related programs; approving college programs; approving property related transactions; developing programs for students with special needs; and supporting the Colleges in human resources matters, including support for the collective bargaining process between the colleges and their faculty and staff. The branch was also responsible for the registration, regulation, inspection and control of Private Vocational Schools, and for Registered Nursing Assistant (RNA) schools, also called Regional Schools for Nursing Assistants. As well, the branch acted as the secretariat for the Ontario Council of Regents for Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology.

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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Ministry of Colleges and Universities Annual Reports

Government of Ontario Telephone Directories

Archivist(s):
R. Anger