Ontario Training and Adjustment Board

• Ontario Training and Adjustment Board

• OTAB

The Ontario Training and Adjustment Board was created in 1993 following the recommendations of the Ontario Training and Adjustment Board Project. It was managed by a Board of Directors made up of representatives of governments, business, labour, women, people with disabilities, racial minorities, francophones, educators and trainers; its two co-chairs came from business and labour.

Programs and staff from the former Ministry of Skills Development, the Youth Employment Services Branch and the Literacy Branch of the former Ministry of Education, and from parts of the Ministries of Community and Social Services and Labour were transferred to OTAB in the fall of 1993. OTAB's administrative structure changed constantly until the spring of 1995; it was then organized into the Corporate Office, the Human Resources Branch, the Office of Labour Adjustment, the Local Board Implementation Team, and four divisions headed by vice-presidents: Corporate Resources, Corporate Services, Workplace Support Services, and Workplace Preparation.

OTAB was abolished in June 1996. Components of OTAB were integrated into a new Training Division, within the Ministry of Education and Training.

The Ontario Training and Adjustment Board (OTAB) was designed to promote and support training, including programs that prepare individuals to enter or re enter the workforce, and programs that help employers and business sectors with workforce development.

Ontario Training and Adjustment Board Act, Statutes of Ontario 1993, Chap. 9

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24

Archivist(s):
R. Anger