Ontario. Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections

    Other form(s) of name

    • Minister's Advisory Council on the Treatment of the Offender

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1959-1991

    History

    The Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections was estasblished on 10 December 1959 as the Minister's Advisory Council on the Treatment of the Offender. It was comprised of between nine to eleven members drawn from a variety of backgrounds. In 1986 the name of the Council was changed to the Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections.

    The Committee reported to the Minister of Reform Institutions beginning 1959 and from 1968 reported to the Minister of Correctional Services.

    The Committee was disbanded in 1991.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections advised the Ontario Minister of Correctional Services on the application of current-day correctional philosophy to specific aspects of the Ministry's program. At the request of the Minister, the committee studied and reviewed specific topics and reported its results and conclusions to the minister.

    Address

    Order in Council 4385/59

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions (1946-1968)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA75

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Reform Institutions controls Ontario. Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections

    Dates of relationship

    1959-1968

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services (1968-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA76

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Correctional Services controls Ontario. Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections

    Dates of relationship

    1968-1972

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA81

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Minister's Advisory Committee on Corrections

    Dates of relationship

    1972-1991

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1315

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

    Language(s)

      Script(s)

        Sources

        Annual Reports of the Department of Reform Institutions, 1959-1968.

        Annual Reports of the Department of Correctional Services, 1968-1972.

        Annual Reports of the Ministry of Correctional Services, 1972-1991.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities.

        Archivist(s):
        Marg McIntyre