Ontario. Universities and Research Support Division

• Universities and Research Support Division

In the fall of 1985, all of the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities Divisions were dissolved and replaced by one Office of the Assistant Deputy Minister for the entire Ministry. In 1986, however, divisions were re-established, namely, the Colleges and Student Support Division and the Universities and Research Support Division, both headed by their own Assistant Deputy Minister. The Universities and Research Support Division consisted of the University Relations Branch, which included the Teacher Education Section. In 1988, the International Activities Branch of the Office of the Deputy Minister was renamed the Research Support and International Activities Branch and transferred to the division.

Early in 1991, the Universities Relations Branch was transferred to the Colleges and Student Support Division which was renamed the Colleges, Universities and Student Support Division. At the same time, a new Partnership Development Branch was established within the Universities and Research Support Division. To better reflect the Division's changed responsibilities it was renamed the Postsecondary Partnerships and Research Division.

The Universities and Research Support Division had oversight of the University Relations Branch, including the Teacher Education Section. Accordingly, the division had oversight of the following functions: the administration of support to Ontario universities, the Ontario College of Art, and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, including the distribution of operating and capital grants, the administration of the Degree Granting Act, and the development of policy; and the development of policies concerning teacher certification, and the approval and review of teacher education programs.

From 1988 onward, the division also included the Research Support and International Activities Branch, which gave the division oversight of the following functions: the development and implementation of initiatives to strengthen research and development activities in universities, including the University Research Incentive Fund; the facilitation of the transfer of technology between universities and industry; and the initiation and coordination of activities in international post-secondary education and research for the ministry and its clients.

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Telephone Directories of the Government of Ontario, 1986-1992

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