Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Transitions/Help Centres Programs

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Transitions/Employment Counselling

    • Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1987-1995

    History

    Transitions/Help Centres was formed in 1987 as part of the Training Support Services Branch, Skills Training Division of the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development. The name of the unit was changed to Transitions/Employment Counselling in 1989. In April 1990, the unit was transferred to the Ministry of Labour, Employment Adjustment Branch, and renamed Transitions/Help Centres. In 1991, the Employment Adjustment Branch was renamed the Office of Labour Adjustment, Operations Division. Transitions/Help Centres was renamed Transitions/Help Centres Programs in 1992. In the fall of 1993, the Office of Labour Adjustment and Transitions/Help Centres Programs were moved to the Ontario Training and Adjustment Board (OTAB). In 1995 Transitions/Help Centres Programs became part of the Workplace Preparation Division of OTAB.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    Transitions/Help Centres Programs provided older, unemployed workers with access to training. The Transitions program offered a training credit for laid-off workers 45 years of age and over. The unit also supported 16 Employment Counselling Centres which provided employment counselling, training, and educational information to unemployed workers. Information on these programs could be obtained through the toll free Training Hotline.

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development (1985-1993)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA80

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Skills Development controls Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs

    Dates of relationship

    1987-1990

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Labour (1972-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA43

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Labour controls Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs

    Dates of relationship

    1990-1993

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario Training and Adjustment Board (1993-1996)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA61

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Training and Adjustment Board controls Ontario. Transitions/Help Centres Programs

    Dates of relationship

    1993-1995

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA113

    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

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        KWIK Index to Government Services

        Ontario Government Telephone Directories

        Archivist's Collection Files

        Maintenance notes

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

        Archivist(s):
        R. Anger