Ontario. Ministry of Health. Policy Development and Research Division

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Health. Policy Development and Research Division

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Policy Development and Research Division

    Other form(s) of name

    • Policy Planning and Research Division

    • Corporate Policy Division

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1987-1992

    History

    The Policy Development and Research Division was created in 1987 assuming responsibilities previously administered by the Community and Public Health Division. The division was initially named the Policy Planning and Research Division, but changed its name after one year to the Policy Development and Research Division, and in 1990 to the Corporate Policy Division.

    From 1988 to 1990, the Women's Health Bureau operated under the division, before being moved to the Planning and Programs Division.

    In 1992, the Corporate Policy Division was disbanded and its functions were taken over by the Health Strategies Group.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Policy Development and Research Division was responsible for promoting and providing support for corporate planning and policy development. This included analyzing the health care system and its environment from a long-term perspective; developing and implementing health research strategy for the province; and establishing policy on health professional manpower and research manpower. The division also managed the Health Research Grant, Clinical Education and Underserviced Area programs.

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    General context

    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. Policy Development and Research Division

    Dates of relationship

    1987-1992

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Health Strategies Group (1992-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2115

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Health Strategies Group is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Policy Development and Research Division

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Health. Community Health Programs Division (1984-1998)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1503

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Health. Community Health Programs Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Health. Policy Development and Research Division

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2314

    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 Telephone Directory.

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        McKibbon