Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Policy and Research Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1986-1995

      History

      The Policy and Research Branch of the Office of Francophone Affairs was created on November 18, 1986, replacing the former Research and Inter-ministry Relations Section.

      The branch continued to exist until 1995 when it was merged with the Operations and Ministry Services Branch to form the Policy and Ministry Services Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Policy and Research Branch of the Office of Francophone Affairs developed policies and programs reflecting the needs and aspirations of the francophone community of Ontario, investigated and responded to public complaints about the provision of French language services by government ministries and agencies, and encouraged Franco- Ontarians to make use of those French language services that were already provided

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs (1985-)

      Identifier of related entity

      BA157

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs controls Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1986-1995

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Ministry Services Branch (1995-)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA565

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Ministry Services Branch is the successor of Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Research and Inter-Ministry Relations Section (1985-1986)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA568

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Research and Inter-Ministry Relations Section is the predecessor of Ontario. Office of Francophone Affairs. Policy and Research Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA566

      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

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Annual reports of the Office of Francophone Affairs, 1985-1991.

          Government of Ontario Telephone Directories, 1995-1998.

          Bell, George and Andrew Pascoe. The Ontario Government, Structure and Functions (1986).

          Maintenance notes

          Agency not in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

          Archivist(s):
          Bob Krawczyk