Ontario. Ministry of Health. Communications and Information Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Health. Communications and Information Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Communications and Information Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1984-1999

      History

      The Communications and Information Branch was created in the Ontario Ministry of Health in 1984, assuming the functions of the Health Promotion and Information Branch.

      For most of its existence, the Branch reported directly to the Office of the Deputy, with the exception of 1984 to 1986, when fell within Community and Public Health Division, and from 1989 to 1990, within the Institutional Health Division.

      The Branch was discontinued in 1999 and its functions were assumed by Communications and Information in the newly created Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

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      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Communications and Information Branch established communications policy for the Ontario Ministry of Health, informed people of the major programs and initiatives within the ministry, and provided communications support for the offices of the Minister and the Deputy Minister. To this end, the branch served as the liaison with the media, produced and distributed news releases, publications, and audio-visual materials, prepared speeches for senior executives in the ministry, directed advertising campaigns, provided artwork and design creative services, and managed responses to ministerial correspondence.

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health (1972-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA42

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health controls Ontario. Ministry of Health. Communications and Information Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1984-1999

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Health Promotion and Information Branch (1980-1984)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1407

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Health Promotion and Information Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Communications and Information Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Communications and Information Branch (1999-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1409

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Communications and Information Branch is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Communications and Information Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1408

      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

          Ministry of Health Annual Reports, 1984-1990; KWIC Index to Services, 1989-1999; Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1989-1999; Not in Canadiana 1996-12-24

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Hughey