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Cultural Industries and Agencies Branch
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The Cultural Industries and Agencies Branch was created in the fall of 1986, replacing the former Cultural Agencies and Enterprises unit. The Branch formed part of the Culture Division of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Culture, until 1987, when it became part of the new Ministry of Culture and Communications. In 1992, the Cultural Industries and Agencies Branch was abolished, with the agency liaison function and the Ontario Book Publishers Assistance Program being assumed by the new Cultural Liaison Branch, and the policy function being transferred to the Arts, Heritage and Cultural Industries Policy Branch.
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The Cultural Industries and Agencies Branch provided fiscal, policy and program liaison with the various provincial cultural agencies. These included the Art Gallery of Ontario, CJRT-FM, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Educational Communications Authority, (TV Ontario), Ontario Film Development Corporation, Ontario Heritage Foundation, Ontario Science Centre, Royal Ontario Museum, Science North, and the Royal Botanical Gardens.
The branch also developed policies and programs that supported the growth and financial stability of the commercial cultural sector, and administered the Ontario Book Publishers Assistance Program jointly with the Ontario Development 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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Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1986-1992
Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
G. Brown, R. Anger