Ontario. Ministry of Education. Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Education. Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1983-1988

      History

      The Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit first appears under that name in 1983. However, prior to 1983, records were created by various administrative areas relating to the subject of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action. From 1975 to 1979, the Office of the Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Colleges and Universities, and the Information Systems and Records Branch in the Ministry of Education were creating or acquiring related records. From 1979 to 1983, the Policy Analysis and Legislative Branch of the Ministry of Education also created records relating to an affirmative action program.

      From 1983 to 1988, the Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit was part of the Ministry of Education, shifting from one division or branch to another several times. Nevertheless the function of the Unit remained the same regardless of its reporting relationship within the Ministry. By 1989-90, the Unit was no longer in existence.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit coordinated the development, implementation and evaluations of affirmative action policy and program initiatives to improve the status of female employees in the ministry with the aim of ensuring equal opportunity for women. The Unit also liaised with provincial school boards; coordinated the Affirmative Action Incentive Fund which assisted Ontario school boards in developing and implementing affirmative action / employment equity programs for their women employees; and worked closely with ministry officials involved in ensuring sex equity in curriculum.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA78

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Education (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Ministry of Education. Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit

      Dates of relationship

      1983-1988

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2028

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Education Inventory, Telephone Books and KWIC

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Dale