Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Policy Research Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Policy Research Branch

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Policy Research Branch

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1972-1976

      History

      The Policy Research Branch was established within the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources in September, 1972. It reported directly to the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources. The Branch was staffed by ecologists, recreational analysts and resource economists, and included the Ministry's Mines, Research and Resources Libraries. The Branch ceased to exist in 1976; it was replaced by the Ministry's new Policy Co-ordination Secretariat.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Policy Research Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources liaised with other Ontario government ministries and agencies: co-ordinated and regulated activities related to environmental quality and ministry responsibilities toward the Environmental Impact Review Board; conducted and co-ordinated research necessary for policy formulation in fields such as proposed water diversion areas and industrial development, resources prices and allocation and recreation demand and supply; developed a modern information system for the Ministry of Natural Resources; operated the Ministry's libraries; provided technical background support in biometrics, economics and various biological disciplines; and studied resources-related experience elsewhere in the world, notably in the Soviet Union.

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      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. Policy Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1972-1976

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Policy Co-ordination Secretariat (1976-1983)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1470

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Policy Co-ordination Secretariat is the successor of Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources. Policy Research Branch

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      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1469

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      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

          Annual Reports of the Minister of Natural Resources, 1972-1977.

          Maintenance notes

          Canadiana Authorities, 1999-12.

          Archivist(s):
          N. Martin, S. McClure