Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Computers and Children
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Computers and Children office was established in 1984 by the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture as part of its Finance and Administration Division.
Following the completion of the Computers and Children Project and the establishment of over 330 centres in the Fall of 1986, the office finally closed in 1988.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Computers and Children office of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture administered the Computers and Children program, which placed microcomputers in special computer centres (operated by non- profit community organizations) across the province in order to provide elementary school children with exposure to computer technology.
Multicultural and native groups, recreation departments, libraries, museums, parent-teacher associations and service groups were encouraged to apply to join the program.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
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Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
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Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
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Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
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Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1984-1985
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
G. Brown, R. Anger (revised by M. McIntyre, June 2000)