Identity area
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Communications Branch
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Ministry of Citizenship. Communications Branch
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Description area
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In February of 1993, the Ministry of Culture and Communications Marketing and Information Services Branch became part of the Ontario Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation. Shortly thereafter, some staff were transferred to the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship to form that Ministry's Communications Branch.
In 1995, the Branch became part of the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation and in 2001 with the reorganization of the government, moved to the Ministry of Citizenship. In 2003, the Branch became part of the newly formed Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
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The Communications Branch is responsible for communicating the Ministry's programs and policies related to its core businesses and to the government's corporate communications agenda. The Branch prepares, implements, and evaluates communications plans related to the government's and Ministry's priorities; supports the Minister, Deputy Minister and senior management in the handling of contentious issues; manages a media relations program for a wide range of target audiences; advises on and organizes Minister's and Deputy Minister's participation in public events; and provides internal communications services for the Ministry.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Ontario KWIC Index to Services, 1989-2004.
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1998-2000
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Juanita Rossiter; Sean Smith