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

• Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Unit

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.

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.

RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Education Inventory, Telephone Books and KWIC

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