Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Workplace Support Services Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Workplace Support Service Division

    • Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch, Apprenticeship and Client Services

    • Ontario. Workplace Training Branch

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1995-2008

    History

    The Workplace Support Services Division of the Ontario Training and Adjustment Board (OTAB) was created in 1995. It was comprised of the former Apprenticeship and Client Services and Partnership and Service Development branches. When OTAB was integrated into the Ministry of Education and Training in 1996, the Workplace Support Services Division became a branch within the Training Division, Ministry of Education and Training.

    In 1999, there was a reorganization of the education and training functions, and the Workplace Support Services Branch, Apprenticeship and Client Services, was shifted to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. It remained in that Ministry until 2003, when it was renamed the Workplace Training Branch with the same units and functions.

    The Workplace Training Branch continued until approximately 2008, when it was dissolved and its functions decentralized under the new Employment and Skills Training Division.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Workplace Support Services Branch developed, coordinated, implemented, and evaluated apprenticeship and other training which led to certification in skilled occupations; provided expert advice on workplace needs assessment, training plans and human resources development; and worked with employers, employees, organizations, communities and economic sectors to help them deal successfully with adjustment situations

    Address

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    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. Workplace Support Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1995-1996

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training (1993-1999)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA79

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Education and Training controls Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1996-1999

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (1999-2016) (1999-2016)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA115

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (1999-2016) controls Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1999-2008

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Office of Labour Adjustment (1991-1996)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA95

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Office of Labour Adjustment is the predecessor of Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch (1986-1996)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA68

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Apprenticeship and Client Services Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Related entity

    Ontario. Partnership and Service Development Branch (1990-1995)

    Identifier of related entity

    CA102

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Partnership and Service Development Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Workplace Support Services Branch

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    CA114

    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

    Language(s)

      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, Kevu