Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
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Vanier Centre for Women
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Vanier Centre for Women, Brampton opened on January 29, 1969 and took over the programs and inmates of the Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women in Toronto.
Government responsibility over the Centre rested with the Department of Correctional Services (1969-1972), the Ministry of Correctional Services (1972-1993), the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (1993-1999) and, since 1999, the Ministry of Correctional Services.
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The Vanier Centre for Women is a minimum security institution housing women, sixteen years of age or over, serving sentences of more than thirty days but less than two years. The Vanier Centre, like other Correctional Centres of the Province of Ontario, emphasizes the provision of trades training programs, academic education and industrial employment. It also provides counselling and treatment for drug and alchohol abuse.
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Relationships area
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Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Sources
Annual Reports of the Department of Reform Institutions, 1967-1969.
Annual Reports of the Department of Correctional Services, 1968-1972.
Maintenance notes
Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities
Archivist(s):
Marg McIntyre