Ontario. Dept. of Education. Physical and Health Education Branch

• Physical and Health Education Branch

The Physical and Health Education Branch was created by the Department of Education in 1944. It reported through the Secondary Education Branch from 1944 to 1946, and from 1957 to 1964. From 1946 to 1948, the Branch included the Physical Fitness and Recreation Office, which was responsible for community programs in the areas of physical education, sports and recreation.

The Community Programmes Office, responsible for adult education, citizenship education and province-wide fitness and recreation programs, was created within the Physical and Health Education Branch in 1947. In 1948, the Physical Fitness and Recreation Office and the Community Programmes Office were merged into a new branch called Community Programmes Branch.

The Physical and Health Education Branch ceased to exist in January, 1965, and most of its functions and staff were assumed by the Curriculum Division and Supervision Division of the Program Branch. However, responsibility for leadership training, the Ontario Athletic Leadership Camp and the Ontario Leadership Centre, and non-profit camp grants were transferred to the Community Programmes Branch.

The Physical and Health Education Branch provided guidance to schools and school boards in developing and providing physical and health education programs. It also supervised the work of school inspectors in areas pertaining to physical and health education. In addition, the Branch supervised summer courses in physical and health education offered by Teachers' Colleges to certified teachers, provided youth leadership training courses at the Ontario Athletics Leadership Camp and the Ontario Leadership Centres summer camps, and administered grants to non-profit camps.

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