Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Operations Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Operations Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Operations Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. College and Industrial Programs Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1981-1984

    History

    The Operations Branch was established in 1981 within the Skills Development Division, Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities. At its formation the Operations Branch consisted of Client Group and Customer Service (which included Enforcement, Operations Support, Private Vocational Schools, and Programs and Services (which included Field Services). In 1983, the Operations Branch was renamed the College and Industrial Programs Branch, but regained its former name in early 1984. Also in 1983, Programs and Services was renamed Institutional and Employer Programs and the Field Services and Enforcement sections were merged to form Field Service and Enforcement. Also, Priority Initiatives for Special Groups was formed, only to be transferred to the Planning and Development Branch in 1984. In early 1984, responsibility for private vocational schools as well as Field Services and Enforcement were transferred to the College Affairs Branch. A new Training Data Systems and Services section was formed at this time. The Operations Branch ceased to exist in the fall of 1984, and its responsibilities were divided between the existing Planning and Development Branch and the new Employment Training Branch.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Operations Branch was responsible for the delivery of all programs of the Skills Development Division of the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, and for communication with client groups and delivery organizations such as community colleges and the Canada Employment and Immigration Commission.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA4

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities controls Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Operations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1981-1984

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Employment Training Branch (1984-1986)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA78

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Employment Training Branch is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Colleges and Universities. Operations Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA100

    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

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        Sources

        KWIK Index to Government Services

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories

        Archivist's Collection Files

        Maintenance notes

        Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger