Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Guidance Services Branch
Other form(s) of name
Ontario. Dept. of Education. Guidance Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Guidance Branch was created in 1944. Until 1945, it reported to the Superintendent of the Secondary Education Branch. Beginning in 1953, the Guidance Branch reported through the Auxiliary, Guidance and Statistical Services Branch (renamed Special Services Branch in 1957).
In 1957, the Guidance Branch was renamed the Guidance Services Branch. It ceased to exist effective January, 1965, and its responsibilities were assumed by the Curriculum Division.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Guidance Branch and the Guidance Services Branch were responsible for assisting schools and school boards in offering guidance counseling to high school students.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
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 2
Maintenance notes
Not in Canadiana, March/04
Archivist(s):
Carnie