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Research and Information Branch
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The Research and Information Branch of the Ministry of Education was created on January 1, 1984. The Research and Information Branch assumed the functions of the dissolved Research Branch. Furthermore, the Information Services Unit of the Management Information Services Branch was placed within the Research and Information Branch.
The Branch reported to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister, Administration Division, and was comprised of policy analysts, the Statistical Information Services Unit and the Information Centre. A Public Information Unit also existed from 1985 to 1986. Four other units were added in 1986: the Corporate Policy Advisory Group, the Contractual Research Unit, the Corporate Issues Unit and the Strategic Planning Unit.
The Research and Information Branch ceased to exist during a re-organization of the Ministry of Education in January 1987. Most of its functions were assumed by the new Policy Analysis and Research Branch. However, the Strategic Planning Unit became a section of the new Corporate Planning and Financial Management Branch.
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The Research and Information Branch of Ontario's Ministry of Education was responsible for co-ordinating strategic planning, providing policy advice and analysis, library services, and information and research support to the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
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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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Inventory of the Ministry of Education
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Archivist(s):
Gorton