Ontario. Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Office

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Office

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Office

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1994-

      History

      The Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Office was established in 1995 as part of the Corporate Services Division of the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General. In 1996, the Office was removed from the Corporate Services Division and placed under the responsibility of the Deputy Attorney General.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Office develops policies, procedures and guidelines to prevent workplace discrimination; creates and maintains an advisory network to provide Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General employees with impartial, confidential information about rights and responsibilities; acts as a resource for management with respect to handling incidents of discrimination and harassment and complying with legal obligations; designs and delivers educational sessions; administers investigations; and collects and maintains statistical information.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General (1972-)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA72

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Attorney General controls Ontario. Workplace Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Office

      Dates of relationship

      1994-

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA238

      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

          KWIC Indexes, 1995-1997

          Maintenance notes

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


          Archivist(s):
          R. Anger