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Communications and Marketing Branch
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Ontario. Ministry of Culture and Recreation. Communications Branch
Ontario. Ministry of Citizenship and Culture. Communications and Marketing Branch
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The Communications and Marketing Branch (originally the Communications Branch) was formed within the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation in 1979, when the Information Services Branch was divided to form the Citizens' Inquiry Branch and the Communications Branch. An earlier Communications Branch had existed within the Ministry of Culture and Recreation from 1975-1978, but was merged with an earlier Citizens' Inquiry Branch to form the Information Services Branch in 1978.
Transferred to the new Ministry of Citizenship and Culture in 1982, the Communications Branch was renamed the Communications and Marketing Branch.
In 1987 the Branch became part of the newly established Ministry of Culture and Communications. However, it provided information and marketing services for both the Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Ministry of Citizenship. In 1989 the Communications and Marketing Branch became the Marketing and Information Services Branch.
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The Branch provided information and marketing services for the various Ontario ministries it was part of. It established Ministry communications policies and advised on communications techniques. Activities of the Branch included media liaison, along with the production and distribution of publications, news releases, speeches and audio-visual materials.
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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
Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1975-1989
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
G. Brown, R. Anger