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Policy Branch
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Ontario. Ministry of Tourism and Culture. Policy Branch
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From 2008 to 2010 the Policy Branch was part of the Ministry of Culture. At some point in 2010, it became part of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
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The Policy Branch consists of two units: the Culture Policy Unit and the Strategic Policy and Planning Unit.
The Culture Policy Unit leads the development of sector or industry specific policy, legislation and strategies for Ontario's arts, heritage, libraries, and the Entertainment and Creative Cluster. The unit is incharge of developing sector and industry specific policies and strategies, managing the ministry’s inter- and intra-ministerial policy projects, and developing Cabinet submissions, Treasury Board submissions and drafting legislation and regulations.
The Strategic Policy and Planning Unit leads the development of strategic policy and multi-year plans, assesses research on best practices across jurisdictions and coordinates policy development with other ministries and levels of government. It leads corporate policy co-ordination, critical stakeholder consultations and the division’s involvement in federal-provincial-territorial activities. It is incharge of leading strategic planning and policy files, leading the ministry's contribution to Aboriginal affairs and supporting Aboriginal involvement in heritage preservation, conducting research, environmental scanning and documentation of best practices, providing support to the Minister in preparation for Cabinet/policy committee meetings and to the Deputy Minister in preparation for committee meetings; and leading involvement in federal/provincial/territorial initiatives.
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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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KWIK Indexes to Services of the Ontario Government, 2003-2005
Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 2008-2010
Ministry of Culture; Results-based Plan Briefing Book 2009-2010: http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/about/MCL_Briefing_Book_2009_10.doc
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Archivist(s):
Sarah Persichitti