Ontario. Open Learning and Training Division

• Open Learning and Training Division

The Open Learning and Training Division was formed in 1993 with the creation of the new Ministry of Education and Training. The Division lasted only until 1996 when components of it and of the Ontario Training and Adjustment Board were combined to make the new Training Division of the Ministry of Education and Training.

In 1993 the Independent Learning Centre (ILC) moved to the Division from the Education Programs and Services Division of the Ministry of Education. In 1996 the ILC was transferred to the Elementary and Secondary Operations and French Language Education Division.

Created in 1993 with the Open Learning and Training Division, the functions of the Open Learning and Partnerships Team were transferred to the Labour Market Policy, Planning and Research Branch in 1996, except for the private vocational schools unit, which became the responsibility of the Student Support Branch in 1996.

The functions of the Training Policy, Special Projects and Evaluation unit, which was also created in 1993, ended in 1996 with the end of the jobsOntario program.

The Open Learning and Training Division had responsibility for open learning and distance education, labour market planning, training, and the regulation of private vocational schools.

The Division was responsible for the Independent Learning Centre, which provided distance education courses in English and French for Ontario residents who wished to complete their secondary school education, improve their basic skills or study for personal development.

The Division managed jobsOntario Training (JOT), which was a job creation and training program to help train long-term unemployed workers in new jobs and assisted employers to create new positions in their workplaces. It also was responsible for jobsOntario Training Summer Employment (JOSE).

Also in the Division was the Open Learning Partnerships Team, which was responsible for the Ministry's relations with the Ontario Training and Adjustment Board and for registering and regulating postsecondary Private Vocational Schools in Ontario. It provided leadership in labour market policy and advanced training. The Team was also responsible for the framework for policies and programs related to open learning and distance education.

The Division also included a unit for Training Policy, Special Projects and Evaluation. This unit developed and coordinated policy for jobsOntario Training and provided liaison with brokers and the Ministry of Community and Social Services on the child care component of jobsOntario Training.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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