Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Communications Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Communications Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Communications Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Information Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Information Services Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1972-

    History

    The Communications Services Branch (known initially as the Information Branch) was established within the Finance and Administration Division of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in 1972. The Branch assumed the communications function from the Operations Branch of the former Department of Lands and Forests. The Information Branch was renamed the Information Services Branch in 1977 and the Communications Services Branch in 1980.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Communications Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources establishes communications policy and provided communications advice and support to the Ministry. The Branch informs the public, interested groups and the media about Ministry Acts, answers public inquiries, and produces and distributes publications, news releases, advertisements and audio-visual materials.

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    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources (1972-2014)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA17

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources controls Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Communications Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1972-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Operations Branch (1957-1972)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA1462

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests. Operations Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Communications Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA1463

    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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      Script(s)

        Sources

        Reports of the Minister of Natural Resources, 1973-1989.

        KWIC Indexes to Government Services, 1990/91-1997.

        Maintenance notes

        Canadiana Authorities, 1999-12.

        Archivist(s):
        N. Martin