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Community Arts Development Branch
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The Community Arts Development Branch was established in 1975 as part of the Arts Support Division of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation. The branch was formed with the merging of the Policy Development and Co-ordination Branch of the Cultural Affairs Division with the Culture Programs Unit of the Sports and Recreation Bureau.
The Community Arts Development Branch was renamed the Arts Services Branch in 1977, when an agreement was reached with the Ontario Arts Council to consolidate all provincial arts advisory services within the council, and to transfer some funding responsibilities from the council to the branch.
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The Community Arts Development Branch developed policies and programs encouraging excellence in the arts and wider participation in arts activities in Ontario. It was responsible for the Outreach Ontario Program, the Cultural Exchange program, and Arts in Art Education programs. Branch consultants in visual arts, music, theatre, dance and crafts provided advice and expertise to provincial, regional, and local arts organizations. The branch also provided operating grants to provincial cultural institutions and agencies, arts services organizations, and certain arts training institutions.
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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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Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1975-1977
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Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger, G. Brown