Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Communications Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Communications Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Communications Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Public Affairs and Communications Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1983-

    History

    The Communications Branch was established in 1983 when the Information Services Branch was renamed.

    The Branch is headed by a Director that originally oversaw Communication Programs, Communications Services, Public Affairs and Library Services. Since then the Branch has also included a Corporate Correspondence Unit, Client Services, Issues and Media Relations and the Public Information Centre.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Communications Branch establishes communications policy for the Ministry, provides support to the Minister and the Deputy Minister and offers advice to other branches. Its activities include liaising with the media, answering public inquiries and producing and distributing publications, news releases and audio-visual materials.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA65

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Communications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1982-1993

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy (1993-1997)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA67

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Environment and Energy controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Communications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1993-1997

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) (1997-2002)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA97

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment (1997-2002) controls Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Communications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1997-

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Information Services Branch (1972-1983)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA2186

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Information Services Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Ministry of the Environment. Communications Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA2187

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    For Review

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        KWIC Index

        Government of Ontario Telephone Directory

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Mokler, Levi