Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Communications Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 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 Northern Development and Mines. Communications Branch

    • Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Communications and Information Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1985-

    History

    The Communications Services Branch was established in 1985. It was initially called the Communications Branch, and was renamed the Communications Services Branch in 1987. In 1996 the branch was renamed the Communications and Information Branch. In 1998, the name was changed back to the Communications Services Branch.

    The Communications Services Branch has reported to the Planning and Administration Division (1985-1988) and the Corporate Services Division (1988-1997). In 1997, the branch began reporting to the Office of the Deputy Minister.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Communications Services Branch is responsible for informing the public, client groups, and the news media about the activities of the ministry, establishing communications policies for the ministry, advising other branches on communications issues and providing support to the Minister and Deputy Minister.

    Activities of the branch include: media liaison, answering public inquiries, advertising, and producing and distributing publications, news releases, audio-visual materials and library service.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines (1985-2009)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA64

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines controls Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Communications Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1985-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Northern Affairs. Information Services Branch (1977-1985)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2244

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Northern Affairs. Information Services Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Communications Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2132

    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 Indexes 1985-2006

        INFO-GO

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Birrell