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Training Support Services Branch
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The Training Support Services Branch was established in 1986, when a reorganization of the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development led to the establishment of the Skills Training Division. The Training Support Services Branch comprised the Access Program Unit, Community Resources Unit, Training Support Unit (Employer Services Unit in 1987), and Training Profile Development (renamed Training Materials Development in 1987 and dissolved in 1989). In 1987, Transition/ Help Centres (renamed Transition/Employment Counselling in 1989) and Community Literacy Program Unit (transferred from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture) were added to the Branch. In 1988, Access Program Unit ceased to exist, and the Community Literacy Unit was transferred to the newly created Literacy Branch. In 1990, the Training Support Services Branch and the Employer Services Unit ceased to exist; the Community Resources Unit was moved to the new Partnership and Service Development Branch, Skills Development Division, and Transition/ Employment Counselling was renamed Transition/Help Centres and moved to the Ministry of Labour.
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The Training Support Services Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development administered programs designed to support the employment training activities of business, industry and individuals, and for co-ordination of Ontario's Training Strategy and of Ontario Skills Development offices operated by Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology. Through the Access Programs Unit, the branch was also responsible for administering programs that assisted individuals in overcoming barriers to training, including the Ontario Basic Skills Program, the Ontario Basic Skills in the Workplace Program, the Training Hotline, the Ontario Help Centres, the Ontario Training Trust Program, and the Special Project Fund.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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KWIK Index to Government Services
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Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
R. Anger