Identity area
Type of entity
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Multicultural Development and Public Libraries Division
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Description area
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The Multicultural Development and Public Libraries Division was established in 1975, within the Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation.
The Division consisted of the Multicultural Development Branch, the Citizenship Branch, the Indian Community Secretariat, the Citizens' Inquiry Branch, the Community Information Services, the Provincial Library Services Branch, and the Translation Bureau.
By April 1976, the Provincial Library Services Branch had been transferred to the Arts Division, and the Citizens' Inquiry Branch began reporting directly to the Office of the Deputy Minister. With this change, the Multicultural Development and Public Libraries Division became the Citizenship and Multiculturalism Division.
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Functions, occupations and activities
The Multicultural Development and Public Libraries Division was responsible for combating discrimination and for ensuring no one was denied access to Ontario government services because of their ethnocultural background. The Division also assisted ethnocultural groups in retaining their cultural heritage, and provided leadership for the Ontario government in the area of customer service and access to information by the public.
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Inventory 47 - Culture (July 1996)
Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1975-1976
Maintenance notes
Agency not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24
Archivist(s):
G. Brown, R. Anger