Ontario. Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Education, Research and Laboratories Division

• Education, Research and Laboratories Division

The Division was formed in May 1993 as a result of a merger between Education and Research Division and Laboratory and Inspection Services Division. Upon its establishment, it was charged with the administration of the College of Agricultural Technology, the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario (Vineland Station), the Ontario Agricultural Museum and the Veterinary Laboratory Services Branch. The Agricultural and Food Laboratory Services Branch was added to the Division in 1995.

In March 1997, the Ontario Agricultural Museum was closed and the agricultural colleges, the Vineland Station and Agricultural Food and Laboratory Services were divested to the University of Guelph. From this point, the Division's main areas of responsibility were policy coordination and the administration of the Ministry's Enhanced Partnership Agreement with the University of Guelph.

The Division also provided administrative support to the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO) and the Ontario Agricultural Services Co-ordinating Committee, as well as to the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Division.

In 2001, the above functions were merged with those of the Corporate Services Division to form the Research and Corporate Services Division.

The Education, Research and Laboratories Division was responsible for policy coordination in the areas of agricultural and food research, education and laboratory services and, in its first few years, the administration of agricultural education programs and specific research projects and laboratories.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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