Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
Direction des services de communication
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Communications Services Branch
Other form(s) of name
Communications Branch
Communications and Customer Service Branch
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Communications Branch was formed in 1983 within the Ministry of Government Services. It reported directly to the Deputy Minister.
In 1985 the branch was renamed the Communications and Customer Service Branch. In 1988 it went through another name change and was renamed the Communications Services Branch.
In 1993, the Communications Services Branch dissolved when the functions of the Ministry of Government Services were transferred to the Secretariat of the Management Board of Cabinet.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Communications Services Branch provides communications support to the Minister, Deputy Minister and program areas. Branch coordinators provide internal and external communications services including communications planning, consultation, media liaison, special events, photographic services, speech writing, news releases, audio-visual presentations and publications. The branch is also responsible for the Government of Ontario Art Collection.
Address
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
Type of relationship
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Description of relationship
Related entity
Identifier of related entity
Category of relationship
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Description of relationship
Access points area
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Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
KWIK Indexes and government telephone directories.
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
Coffey