Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Strategic Policy and Programs Division

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Strategic Policy and Programs Division

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    • Strategic Policy and Programs Division

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      2008-2018

      History

      The Strategic Policy and Programs Division was established during a ministry reorganization in 2007-2008. The division initially consisted of three branches: Programs Branch, Research and Planning Branch, and the Strategic Policy and Initiatives Branch.

      In 2013, the division added a Strategic Policy Transformation Branch, and in 2014, a Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board Branch.

      In 2017 the division was briefly moved to the short-lived Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Developmentan, and an Indigenous Education Branch was added. However, as part of a major reorganizaton in 2018, the division was dissolved and its functions dispersed between the Postsecondary Education Division and the newly created Workforce Policy and Innovation Division.

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      The Strategic Policy and Programs Division was responsible for providing strategic policy development, labour market research and planning, program design, and program development services for the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The divison was created during a ministry reorganziation in 2007-2008 in order to improve policy and program development for both postsecondary education and workforce training.

      The division was also responsible for administering the Postsecondary Education Quality Asssessment Board.

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      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (1999-2016) (1999-2016)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA115

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (1999-2016) controls Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Strategic Policy and Programs Division

      Dates of relationship

      2008-2018

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      Authority record identifier

      CA2414

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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

          Ontario government phone books; Kwic Indexes

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          McKibbon