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ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Formation professionnelle
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Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development
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The Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities was renamed the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development on June 13, 2016. The change was largely in name only as it retained the same functions as its predecessor.
The Ministry was divided into six divisions: Employment and Training Division; French-Language, Aboriginal Learning and Research Division; Postsecondary Education Division; Strategic Policy and Programs Division; Corporate Management and Services Division; and the Highly Skilled Workforce Division.
Agencies which reported to the Ministry were the College of Trades Appointments Council; the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario; the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program Selection Board; the Ontario Student Assistance Program Financial Eligibility Advisory Committee; the Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board; and the Training Completion Assurance Fund Advisory Board.
The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development reverted to its previous name, the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, in June of 2018.
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The Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development was responsible for providing policy and program direction and financial support to post secondary education institutions; delivering the Ontario Student Assistance Program; giving universities the authority to grant degrees; and registering private career colleges.
The Ministry also developed policy for labour market training and mobility; conducted labour market research; administered and regulated the apprenticeship system in Ontario for skilled occupations; provided a network of community-based agencies funded to deliver skills training, employment preparation, literacy and basic skills services to youth and adults; supported adjustment services; supported a network of local boards; and represented Ontario in its negotiations with the federal government on training issues.
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No new legislation was passed with the creation of the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. Instead, it operated under the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. M.19.
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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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Order in Council 1337/2016
Press Release, Office of the Premier (June 13, 2016)
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Archivist(s):
McKibbon