Ontario. Pan/Parapan American Games Secretariat

• Pan/Parapan American Games Secretariat

The Pan/Parapan American Games Secretariat (the Secretariat) was created in 2008 and dissolved in approximately 2016.

The key roles and responsibilities of the Secretariat were to: co-ordinate the province's involvement in planning for the Games, including working with Infrastructure Ontario and Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure to develop Athletes' Village and major Games venues; provide funding for the Toront 2015 organizing committee (TO2015) operating budget, a legacy fund (ongoing maintenance of facilities that people could use after the Games had ended), the Athletes' Village, security, transportation, select venues, celebration/promotion, a legacy strategy, some municipal services, and satellite villages; cover any Games deficit; and co-ordinate the province's involvement in planning and delivering transportation, security, health, and emergency management services.

The Secretariat and TO2015 created several committees and working groups, each responsible for a specific function of the Games. The Transportation Committee included Ministry of Transportation representatives serving as lead in transportation planning, coordinating with TO2015 municipalities and transit authorities. The Security Committee included members from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services, which oversaw the Integrated Security Unit (ISU) through which the Ontario Provincial Police co-ordinated security with other police forces and TO2015.

Between 2008 to 2012, The Secretariat was under the Ministry of Health Promotion. The Secretariat was added to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport in 2013 until its dissolution in 2016. For two years after, between 2017 to 2018, the Post Games Operational Support Unit existed under the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

The Pan/Parapan American Games Secretariat provided strategic direction and oversight of the Provincial government's participation and responsibilities in the delivery of the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. The Secretariat worked with the Toronto 2015 organizing committee (TO2015), federal and municipal governments and other partners.

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

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2015 Pan Am / Parapan Am Games Special Report (June 2016) by the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario https://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/specialreports/specialreports/2015panam_june2016_en.pdf

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