Ontario. Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology. Communications Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology. Communications Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Communications Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1997-2003

      History

      The Communications Branch began with the creation of the new Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology in 1997.

      In 2003, the Communications Branch was dissolved when the Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology was divided into the new Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Enterprise, Opportunity and Innovation.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Communications Branch supported the ministry's program delivery, policy coordination and consensus-building between its partner ministries within the provincial government and a broad network representing Ontario's business, academic and research and development communities. Its objective was to raise awareness and promote understanding of the ministry's goals and accomplishments.

      The Branch provided services such as communications planning, provided communications materials such a speeches, news releases and publications and answered media and public inquires.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology (1997-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA98

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology controls Ontario. Ministry of Energy, Science and Technology. Communications Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1997-2003

      Description of relationship

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2228

      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

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          Sources

          KWIC Index

          Government of Ontario telephone directory

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Mokler