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Sports and Fitness Branch
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The Sports and Fitness Branch was created in 1979, when the branches that formerly made up the Sports and Fitness Division of the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation - the Special Services Branch and Sports Services Branch - were amalgamated into one branch.
The branch consisted of two sections: the Sports Services Section and the Recreation and Fitness Services Section. The branch reported through an Assistant Deputy Minister for Arts, Sports and Fitness.
In July 1980, the Sports and Fitness Branch was renamed the Sports and Recreation Branch and moved to the Field Services, Sports and Recreation Division. In 1981, however, the Sports and Recreation Branch was bifurcated to form a new Sports and Fitness Branch and a separate Recreation Branch.
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The Sports and Fitness Branch promoted sports, recreation and fitness programs in Ontario. The branch provided assistance to provincial sports governing bodies, and administered coaching development, amateur games, Sports Achievement Awards, the Sports Travelcade, and athlete assistance programs. Recreation and fitness programs included assistance in the development of community leaders, and providing specific consultative services for therapeutic recreation, creative play, camping, outdoor recreation, recreation and leisure research, and community recreation. Also, assistance was provided to community agencies and industry in order to increase personal fitness. Finally, the branch operated provincial programs for fitness promotion, education and leadership.
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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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Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1979-1980.
KWIK Indexes to Services of the Ontario Government, 1979-1980.
Annual Reports of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation, 1978/79 to 1980/81.
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Canadiana authorities lists only "Ontario. Sports and Fitness Branch". For our purposes, this was divided into two branches, and the Ministry name added to the heading.
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R. Anger