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This series consists of Medical Services Plan strategic program and initiative records and other health committee files created by various divisions of the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Health Services from 1995-2011. Many records may have been created or used by the Medical Services Commission.

Records relate to medical and health care issues, studies or strategies initiated by or affecting the Medical Services Plan (MSP) with respect to the provision of physicians’ and health care practitioners’ services. This includes the development, planning, implementation, and management or maintenance of strategic programs and initiatives to support and enable the provision of health services to all residents of the province. Strategic programs and initiatives include primary health care initiatives, rural health initiatives, physician workforce planning or physician human resource management, physician utilization, chronic disease management, acute care programs, and continuing care programs.

Records include briefing notes, correspondence, committee minutes, contracts, budgets, reports, presentations, financial records and statistics. The series may also include related committee files and executive records.

This series is divided into the following subseries based on the program or group that created the records:

1. Medical On-Call Availability Program (MOCAP), 2000-2009.
   MOCAP was created to provide unassigned or orphaned patients access to physicians and specialists for on-call emergency medical services. Records also include several other programs for doctor coverage and payment to improve medical care across the province by the Medical Services Plan (MSP). These records are related to physician resource planning or physician human resource management.

2. Rural health records, 1995-2006.
   These records include those of the Joint Standing Committee on Rural Issues (JSCRI) and other committees related to healthcare in rural areas. The JSCRI was responsible for implementation of the subsidiary agreement for physicians in rural practice to enhance availability of stability of physician services in rural areas by addressing relevant unique and difficult circumstances. This subseries also includes committee files for the Mental Health Evaluation and Community Consultant Unit and Medical Services Commission Group Management.

3. Blood and Laboratory Services, 2003-2009.
   Files address several issues related to blood and laboratory services, including BC Lab transformation, lab services reform, a telepathology project and studies of lab benchmarks.

4. Chronic Disease Management and Primary Health Care Renewal, 2003-2011
   These records were primarily used by the Chronic Disease Management and Primary Health Care Renewal unit and its successor Primary Health Care. Most files are of committees related to General Practice doctors and managing chronic diseases, such as diabetes.

5. Other files regarding a variety of topics, 2001-2009.
   These records include a variety of programs, services and committees, most related to health sector workforce and negotiating compensation for healthcare services. Some committees include Fee-for-Service-Transfers Review Team, Physician Strategic Services Advisory Committee, Emergency Medicine Committee, Electronic Medical Records Working Group, and Physician Information Technology Office Steering Committee. Prominent subjects include emergency room services and training, and electronic medical records. Records include committee files, Implementation reports, two Alternative payments agreement accountability records case files, and Subsidiary agreement dispute resolution.

The ministries responsible for these records and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Health (1976-2001)
Ministry of Health Services (2001-2005)
Ministry of Health (2005-2008)
Ministry of Health Services (2008-2011)

Records in this series are covered under ARCS 200-20, 280-20 and 280-30. Other records are covered under ORCS schedule 142798 (Medical Services Plan ORCS) numbers 40100-30, 40430-50, 40450-50, 40520-02, 40520-30, 40540-00, 40540-25, 40540-60, 40540-70 and 40560-20.

The series consists of financial planning guides, correspondence and memos, reports, and articles relating to the employment and economic issues faced by British Columbian women. The records were created or received by the Women’s, Seniors’, and Community Services division of the Ministry of Community Services between 1995 and 2004. It is unclear whether a branch of the division, such as the Women’s and Seniors’ Policy branch, created the records or whether they were created elsewhere in the division. As of October 2016, the relevant ORCS listed the Women’s and Senior’s Policy branch as the Office of Primary Responsibility. Subjects of the records include the effect of a mandatory retirement age on older women, the struggle for pay equity and attempts to close the economic gap between men and women, employment opportunities for women, income assistance, and shortages of skilled labour.

The records are arranged numerically by file code and then alphabetically by file title. The series is covered by ORCS 21000-20, 21050-20, 21110-20 and 22500-20 of schedule 117476 (Women’s Equality).

This series contains the correspondence referral replies of the Ministry of Environment and its predecessors from 1995-2009. Executive correspondence referral replies, also known as minister’s letters, include letters to the executive and their reply letters.

Correspondence deals with a variety of issues related to the environment. Some records record the concerns and complaints from the public about environmental factors, such as the presence of pollution clouds, bad odours or waste in the environment. Others relate to different initiatives and programs proposed by the ministry. A small number of Information Notes and Decision Notes sent internally to executive members of the Ministry are also in the records. There are also letters to the editor written by the Minister to various newspapers in response to articles concerning the Ministry or the environment.

Records are mainly arranged by referral (reference) number with each chain of correspondence filed in its own folder. There are cases in which multiple people wrote in the same complaint or concern; these letters have been filed in the same folder. Records from the Minister’s Office are arranged chronologically by the date of receipt with records arranged into folders by month. Some boxes contain file lists with either a list of the sender/recipient's name and/or the subject of the letter.

The series is arranged by accession number, which contains the records created by a particular office or executive. Currently, the series contains the following eight accessions:

Accession 96-3526 contains the correspondence from the Environment Protection Division of the ministry.

Accession 93-2700 contains correspondence from the Minister’s Office Correspondence Unit. Records consist mainly of interim responses, minister reply drafts sent to the minister for approval and signing, as well as direct replies written by the Environment Protection Division on behalf of the minister.

Accession 95-5840 contains the correspondence of B.C. Environment, Prince George office, specifically correspondence sent, copied or for reply by the Director of Omineca-Peace region, Environmental Protection.

Accession 96-0105 contains the correspondence of the Environmental Stewardship and Protected Areas Division, Lower Mainland Region.

Accession 96-3531 contains correspondence from the Water Stewardship Division, Lower Mainland Region.

Accession 96-3525 contains correspondence of the Environmental Stewardship Division, Lower Mainland Region. All files also contain copies of the original letters received.

Accession 93-0681 contains letters referred to the Minister for reply.

Accession 96-9659 contains correspondence referrals from the Biodiversity Branch with topics mainly concerning wildlife protection.

Accession 95-9854 contains records from the Minister's Office with topics related to environmental protection, environmental stewardship, water stewardship and conservation officer service.

Accession 96-0944 contains correspondence related to the enforcement program and include topics such as investigations into violations of environmental laws, memos regarding BC Conservation Officer Service achievements and misconduct complaints (includes appendices on their powers and responsibilities), letters from animal rights activists, wildlife-human conflicts and general services provided by the COS.

Records in this series are classified under ARCS number 280-30.

The series consists of the records of the Public Affairs and Communications Branch of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks. The records show how the Branch was involved with Ministry work.

Records typically relate to relations between the Ministry and the public. Currently the series includes the records from a few inter-ministerial committees on which the Branch participated. These records include meeting minutes, documents for review, notes, and other material.

The series also contains media release projects from the Ministry which were handled by the branch. These include news releases and approvals, media advisories and information bulletins dealing with various topics about the province’s environment.

This series consists of public meeting records of the Haida Gwaii Forest District, 1995-2001. These are records relating to the efforts of the Ministry of Forests to involve the public in the process of planning for the future uses of Provincial Forest resources.

All records regard the Islands Stability Community Initiative (ISCI) Community forestry issues meetings. This group included a variety of community members and assisted in the planning of the utilization of forestry resources on Haida Gwaii. Records include meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, resumes, agendas and correspondence.

This series is classified under ORCS number 12080-20 of the Ministry of Forests schedule (881261).

This series consists of records supporting and documenting the quality assurance activities of various committees of the Policy and System Quality Branch of the Ministry of Advanced Education (and its preceding ministries). The committees captured in this series primarily include:

Degree Quality Assessment Board (DQAB): 2003-present
Degree Program Review Committee (DPRC): 1995-
Post-Secondary Employers Association (PSEA): 1994-present
Private Post-Secondary Education Commission (PPSEC): 1990-2003
Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA): 2003-2016
British Columbia Council on Admissions and Transfer (BCCAT): 1989-present
These committees contribute to quality assurance and consumer protection related to private post-secondary institutions, as well as out-of-province and international public post-secondary institutions in some cases.

The Degree Quality Assessment Board (DQAB) and its predecessor, the Degree Program Review Committee, are responsible for reviewing and making recommendations to the Minister responsible for post-secondary education (in this case, the Minister of Advanced Education) regarding new degree programs and exempt status of public and private post-secondary institutions within and without British Columbia, as well as the use of the word “university” by private and out-of-province public post-secondary institutions. The majority of the records have been created by DQAB.

DQAB is comprised of fourteen individuals: eleven are voting members who are selected for their background and expertise, and three are non-voting members from the Ministry of Advanced Education. Prior to DQAB, the Degree Program Review Committee (DPRC) was established in 1995 by the Minister responsible for post-secondary education to provide advice on the educational merits of all new and significantly revised degree programs proposed in the BC education system.

DQAB was established following the Degree Authorization Act, which received Royal Assent on May 9, 2002 and was brought into force by regulation on November 7, 2003. The legislation allows private and out-of-province public institutions to legally grant degrees in British Columbia and expands the authority of BC public institutions to grant applied baccalaureate degrees and applied master’s degrees. The Act also required the establishment of a quality assessment process to review application for degree authority in British Columbia, and as a result the degree approval process was revised and the Degree Program Review Committee was replaced by the Degree Quality Assessment Board.

The records in this series were created by both the DPRC and the DQAB, and many files document the policies and procedures of both committees, as well as the development of the DQAB.

The Private Post-Secondary Education Commission is responsible for consumer protection regarding registered institutions and ensuring that standards of integrity and educational competence are met by accredited institutions. PPSEC was created in 1990 under the Private Post-Secondary Education Act. Legislation establishing the committee required all private institutions offering post-secondary education be registered. Registered institutions had the further option of applying for a form of accreditation, which they could use to market themselves as a better quality institution. In 1999, the Act was amended to require that institutions pay into a Tuition Assurance Fund for the purposes of reimbursing students in an institution closed while they were a student there. The 1999 amendments provided PPSEC with more investigative authority as a consumer protection agency.

In 2002, Cabinet approved a recommendation from the Core Services Review Task Force to replaced PPSEC with a self-regulating, cost-recovery board comprised of industry representatives. In 2003, PPSEC was replaced by the Private Career Training Institutions Agency (OIC 1034-2004) and the Act was repealed in 2004 (BC Reg 466/2004).

These records are comprised of meeting notes and agendas, degree exempt status assessment reports, use of the word “university” reports, guidelines for reviewers, program recommendations and decisions, correspondence with education institutions as well as internal communications and memos, and legal advice. Much of the correspondence consists of concerns from the public regarding the quality of private post-secondary education institutions and government response to these concerns.

The records correspond to ARCS 200-20 and ARCS 400-20.

This series consists of the meeting files of the Forest Practices Board from 1995 to 2010. Records describe the establishment and ongoing operations of the Board. Meetings may regard policy, audits, complaint investigations, reviews, appeals, special investigations, and special reports, and other matters related to the Board’s mandate under the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act. Meetings took place in person and as conference calls.

Records include correspondence, memoranda, agendas and minutes. Files may also contain copies of reports and other records referenced in the meetings, including copies of decisions and arguments, status reports on open complaints, investigation reports, briefing notes and policies. Some of these records may be copies of those in GR-3674.

These records are scheduled under the Forest Practices ORCs (schedule 131791) number 97050-20.

The series consists of records generated by the British Columbia Buildings Corporation’s Management, Executive and Property Management Outsourcing committees between 1996 and 2005 during the course of meetings and presentations.

The series consists of two subseries. The first (accession 95-2014) consists of records created by the Property Management Outsourcing group. These records include copies of presentations and meeting minutes as well as work stream records relating to HR, Finance, the RFP process, and business case documents. The subseries includes a significant volume of correspondence in addition to committee presentation documents.

The second subseries (accessions 95-5048 and 95-0374) consists of meeting agendas and minutes, as well as property reviews, presentations on workplace initiatives, third party reports, and budgetary forecasts. The subseries also consists of handouts and printouts of presentations delivered at committee meetings by various subordinate BCBC groups, including the Finance group and Client and Accommodation Services group.

Records are arranged by committee and by meeting date.

The series consists of correspondence, reports, agreements, guidelines, presentations, meeting minutes and agendas, briefing notes and communications strategies, and strategic planning documents created by the Ministry of Health’s Health Authorities division and its predecessors between 1996 and 2011. The records document the research and formulation of recommendations on emerging health issues, such as the emergence of new communicable diseases. The records cover a variety of topics, including redesign plans for various health authorities across British Columbia, risk assessments, wait time targets and the demand for acute care beds, as well as new medications and medical devices.

Correspondence is arranged chronologically by Health Authority. Other records are arranged by project or plan.

The records were frequently interfiled with records from other series, and this has led to significant cross-over between the series. In many accessions from the Ministry of Health/Ministry of Health Services, misclassification of records is evident. The records are arranged according to the original BC Government ORCS classification scheme, except in cases where misclassification is obvious. If there was any doubt, the classification code on the records was followed. Researchers are advised to consult finding aids for the following related series in order to better and more fully understand the records : GR-3512, GR-3514, GR-3515, and GR-3516.

The series consists of ministry copies of freedom of information requests, or privacy complaints, which were investigated by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC). All files were created by the Information and Privacy office for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (1996-1998) and Ministry of Municipal Affairs (1998-1999).

The files consist of a copy of the original application for records, correspondence between staff and the applicant, correspondence between the ministry and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), submissions to the OIPC, correspondence with the Legal Services Branch, and a copy of the OIPC order. Some files also include photocopies of pages requested by the applicant.

The files in this series were classified as 290-20 in the BC Government Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS). Ministry staff also assigned an additional number that consisted of the year of the investigation followed by a sequential number.

This series contains records from the Conservation Service Office, part of the Enforcement program of the Ministry of Environment and its predecessors. The series contains records related to the image/identity of the service, such as details on the establishment of their service flag, commemoration medals and motto. There are also records related to Conservation Officer job descriptions and job training which includes manuals and/or instructions related to writing reports, conducting investigations and handling firearms. The series also covers information related to special sections under the Enforcement program for commercial and industrial investigations.

The series consists of articles, meeting minutes, briefing notes, reports, guides and resource guides created or received by the Women’s, Seniors’, and Community Services division of the Ministry of Community Services. The series includes a 2005 report issued by the Federal Government. The series also consists of the results to an anonymous questionnaire regarding women’s economic security and pay equity, as well as reports from the Save the Children foundation about issues affecting Aboriginal women and youth. The series, which covers issues affecting both Native and non-Native women, also consists of statistical profiles of Aboriginal and Metis communities in BC. The records provide evidence of the provincial government’s programs and services for women.. The records were created or received between 1996 and 2005. It is unclear whether the records were created by a branch of the Women’s, Senior’s, and Community Services division, or by the division itself. Other, slightly later, records pertaining to women’s issues were created by the Women’s and Seniors’ Policy branch and this branch is listed in the current ORCS (as of 2016) as the office of primary responsibility.

The records are arranged first numerically by file code and then alphabetically by file title, and are covered by ORCS 20000-20 and 20050-20 of schedule 117476 (Women’s Equality).

The series contains the records from various committees, commissions and other groups collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands and its predecessors. These records include correspondence, reports, notices, memos, and draft changes to legislation and regulations. The series also contains a small number of discussions, drafts, correspondence and other records related to agreements between the Provincial Ministry and its Federal counterpart, inter-ministry agreements, agreements with other bodies.

The records are organized by subject and follow the Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS schedule 10001).

This series consists of Assistant Deputy Minister Stuart Culbertson’s records of the BC Fisheries Secretariat, 1996-1998. The secretariat was involved in a variety of fisheries related activities, agreements and committees, including: salmon fishing, allocation and management; women in fishing; and consultation with First Nations, Indigenous groups and other stakeholders, such as the Nisga’a Nation. Records include cabinet and treasury board submissions, correspondence, reports, presentations, reference materials, meeting minutes, agendas, briefing notes, communication strategies, discussion papers

Records in this series are covered by special schedule 102906.

The series consists of the meeting records of the board of examiners, a statutory body established under the Local Government Act (RSBC 1996, c. 323) to recognize and support the work of local government employees in the province by awarding certificates in local government administration through the certification program, and providing scholarship awards/financial assistance to local government employees who are pursuing courses leading to certification through the scholarship program. Established in 1948, the principal goal of the three-member board, appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council on the minister’s advice, is to improve the professional skills of British Columbia's local government administrators. These records were created between 1996 and 1998 under the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
The records are arranged chronologically by meeting date. They consist of correspondence, meeting minutes, annual reports, and meeting agendas. These records are classified under 55100-20 (meeting files) and 55100-25 (meeting minutes) of the Local Government Services ORCS approved in 2006.

In addition to commissioner David Perry's report, the fonds consists of public submissions, studies, reports, memoranda and administrative records dealing with land use issues at Kamloops Lake including the proposed real estate development Six Mile Ranch, Kamloops on the Lake Resort by Pagebrook Inc. and the functioning of the Agricultural Land Commission Act.

Series consists of a freedom of information request received by the Williams Lake District Office of the Ministry of Forests in 1996. The l request was for copies of cutting permits and road permits for the years 1995-1996. Following a complaint, the Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Office acted as a mediator between the ministry and the applicant.

There are 21 files in the series. Files 1 and 21 consist of correspondence between staff and the applicant, correspondence between ministry staff, a copy of the original application to view records, and photocopies of the requested pages which have been severed. Files 2-20 consist of copies of the requested pages.

The series has been classified with a file number that includes the year followed by a sequential number. The file has also been assigned the number 292-30 in the Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS). Although the ministry’s centralized Information and Privacy Branch assigned these numbers to all requests, it was the responsibility of regional offices to respond to the applicant.

Series consists of case files of freedom of information requests received by the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs in 1996. This series includes the case files for three requests that were appealed to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner.

The files consist of a copy of the original application for records, correspondence between staff and the applicant, correspondence between the ministry, correspondence and consultations with third parties and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), submissions to the OIPC, and correspondence with the Legal Services Branch. These files also include photocopies of the requested pages which include highlighting of the restricted documents. Most of the requested documents date from 1993-1996.

Files are arranged in a sequential numbering system based on the order that the request was received by the ministry. The three files are numbers 65/96, 66/96 and 72/96. The files in this series were also classified as 292-30 in the BC Government Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS).

The series consists of probate/estate files from the Oliver court registry.

This series consists of silviculture records from 1996-1998 by the Campbell River Forest District, a division of the Vancouver Forest Region. The Ministry of Forests defines silviculture as “the art and science of controlling the establishment, growth, composition, health, and quality of forests and woodlands to meet the diverse needs and values of landowners and society on a sustainable basis.”

Silviculture audit and assessment files regard the audits and assessments made by the Ministry to ensure silviculture is carried out in accordance with the regulations and approved silviculture prescriptions as detailed in the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act. Audits include records concerning a formal examination of the approved silviculture prescription document and the related area to evaluate whether or not there has been compliance with the regulations, the silviculture prescriptions are suitable to attain the objective stated therein, and there is acceptable progress towards achievement of silviculture objectives stated in the approved silviculture prescription. Silviculture prescription audits are carried out on areas under both major licences and areas under the Small Business Forest Enterprise Program (SBFEP) with approved silviculture prescriptions. Types of audits and assessments included are pre-approval assessments and post-approval audits. Records can include correspondence, inspection forms, reports, and compliance reports for soil conservation, regeneration, and free growing obligations. These records cover major licencees and woodlot licnces.

Records include forms, applications, silviculture prescriptions, correspondence, maps and photos.

The ministries responsible for creating these records, and the years that they were responsible, are:
Ministry of Forests (1988-2005)

The records were classified as 18765-20 and 18765-25 in the Forest Operational Records Classification System (ORCS).

The series consists of reports, correspondence, and memoranda documenting the province’s efforts at combating and eliminating violence against women. The records relate to physical, emotional, mental, and sexual abuse of women at the hands of partners, family members, and individuals sexually exploiting them. The records were created and received by the Women’s, Senior’s and Community Services division of the Ministry of Community Services between 1996 and 2004. It is unclear whether the records were created by the Stopping the Violence branch or whether they were created elsewhere in the division. The series also includes records on transitional housing.

The records are organized numerically by file code and then alphabetically by file title. The records are covered by ORCS 30000-20 and 31000-20 of schedule 117476 (Women’s Equality).

The series consists of advisory and informational records developed by the provincial government for local governments to facilitate developing, adopting, and implementing regional growth strategies, which are strategic plans that commit participating municipalities and regional districts to a course of action to meet common social, economic, and environmental objectives, 1996-2006. The Local Government Act (RSBC 1998, c. 323) provides a framework for interactive planning between regional districts, municipalities, and the provincial government for creating these long-term land and resource management plans at the regional level. The plans often deal with rapid urban growth and its effect on matters such as air quality, affordable housing, transportation, drinking water, farmland, and wilderness, and natural areas. Some of the records in this series cover provincial government involvement in major projects such as large-scale transportation projects that may have significant environmental, economic, social, cultural, and health effects. The Local Government Department, part of the Ministry of Community Services and its predecessors, is responsible for this set of records.

This series is arranged by regional district or project name. The records include correspondence, memoranda, briefing notes, bylaws, minutes, agreements, and reports. The records are classified under growth strategy case files (55700-20) of the Local Government Services ORCS, 2006.

The series consists of records documenting communication projects developed by the office of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation, Public Affairs Bureau. These records were created and received by the ministries that had responsibility for this office between 1996-2008: Ministry of Labour and Citizens' Services (2005-2009), Ministry of Management Services (2001-2005), and Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations from 1996-2001.. The records in this series relate to the design, development, and implementation of communication projects for government agencies and ministries responsible for aboriginal relations and reconciliation across government, particularly the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation. Communication projects are strategies for the release of information to the public. The project types range from drafting speeches or event planning, to creating minister’s speaking notes for question and answer sessions, or announcing a new government initiative. Many of these projects relate to communicating to the public about treaty negotiations and agreements such as agreements in principle, treaty agreements, interim measures and funding agreements between Indigenous groups and the government. The series also includes advertising project files which contain a communications project approval form, details of advertising costs and orders, order placement forms, and samples of the advertisement. Several files cover communication strategies on BC’s referendum on treaty principles in 2002.
The series is arranged by subject. It consists of communication plans, news releases, event planning materials, information bulletins, key messages, issues notes, articles, presentations, letters to the editor, submissions, media advisories, forms, questions and answers (Q and As), and speeches and speaking notes. The records are classified as 23100-30 communication projects and 23040-30 advertising projects under the Government Communications ORCS (schedule 881035).

Series consists of course materials used to train staff in wildlife habitat inventories and assessments. The courses were created by the BC Government’s Resources Inventory Committee to train staff in how to create inventories of small mammals, raptors, bats, songbirds, the Marbled Murrelet and Plethodontod Salamanders.

The material includes instructor and participant manuals and workbooks. The workbooks contain a wide variety of media including overhead transparencies, slides, compact discs, cassettes, photographs and maps.

These records were classified as 17635-05 in the Administrative Classification System (ARCS).

The series comprises the final published version of standard-based training packages for the collection, storage, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of natural and cultural resources inventory data. The training packages were developed by the Resources Inventory Committee, which became the Resources Information Standards Committee. These courses were developed for public servants working in the field in order to encourage a standardized system of data collection.

The series contains the records of the Business Risk Management Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands (and its predecessors) in relation to agriculture insurance and income assistance programs. The records cover at least the following programs: Whole Farm Insurance Program, Agricultural Income Disaster Assistance, Canadian Agricultural Income Stabilization, Calf Set-Aside Program and the Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Recovery Program.

Records in the series include financial records (administrative costs journal vouchers, audit reports, inventory price lists), organization charts, records related to federal and inter-ministerial agreements and/or committees, executive services (briefing notes and correspondence referrals), advertising projects, media releases, reports and other similar records.

The records are arranged according to the Administrative Records Classification System (schedule 100001).

The series consists of the executive’s records of the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands. There are also a small amount of records from the ministry’s predecessor, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries. They cover the years 1996-2009.
The records relate to various administrative services for and by the ministry executive, mainly correspondence and briefing notes. A large portion of the series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence referrals. These letters and emails respond to the questions and concerns sent by citizens and corporations related to the agricultural sector in Canada and are referred to an office in the ministry for reply, such as the Minister, Deputy Minister or Assistant Deputy Minister. Each of these letters typically includes a tracking slip indicating to whom the letter was forwarded and what action was ultimately taken.
Other correspondence in the files includes the collection of information on current issues the Ministry was involved in. A lot of this correspondence is supplemented with pamphlets, booklets, copies of news clippings and other documents. There is also a copy of the book ‘The End of Food’ by Thomas. F. Pawlick (Greystone Books, 2006).
The executive correspondence referral replies appear to be arranged by referral number and to some extent by date. Depending on the topic concerned, some letters took longer to reply to and therefore the chronological order is not always maintained in accordance to the referral number. During some years, they were also organized by the first letter of the sender’s last name. Some files of correspondence may also be arranged to some extent by the person replying to the letter. Correspondence and accompanying documents relating to special topics issues of interest are organized by subject.

The series contains the records of various committees in which the Agricultural Land Commission participated for the purpose of documenting their role in the protection of agricultural lands in British Columbia. These committees include:

Greater Vancouver Regional District Technical Advisory Committee
Greater Vancouver Regional District Habitat Task Group
Greater Vancouver Regional District Technical Advisory Committee on Housing
Langley Agriculture Advisory Committee
Surrey Agriculture Advisory Committee

The records include minutes, meeting agendas, correspondence, annual reports on the Livable Region Strategic Plan and other informational documents referred to in meetings, such as copies of bylaws, statistical reports, zoning maps etc.

Topics covered by these committees include public transit, residential growth, livability, affordability, regional development, homelessness, economic development, municipal law enforcement, social planning inventory, housing, commercial real estate, growth management, sustainability, biodiversity conservation, childcare, industrialization, agriculture and habitat lands, zoning, farming practices, agri-tourism and protection of agricultural lands.

The series consists of draft and final policies, reports, presentations, and correspondence created by the Health Authorities division of the Ministry of Health between 1997 and 2010. Although accession 96-7866 was transferred to the Archives by the Health Authority division’s successor, the Health Services Policy and Quality Assurance division, the dates of the records suggest that they were created by the Health Authorities division. The series documents the review and formulation of recommendations on legislation and policy pertaining to the province’s health authorities, including policies on acute care and donations of gifts.

The series is arranged by policy topic. Policies pertaining to a subject may be found in different accessions. The series is covered by ORCS schedule 122352 (Health Authority Performance Management), secondaries 25200-20 and 25200-30. Except in cases where records were clearly misclassified, the series has been based entirely on the ORCS number. Records in all accessions were heavily interfiled with records from other series, which has led to significant cross-over between the series. Researchers are advised to consult finding aids for the following related series in order to better and more fully understand the records : GR-3512, GR-3513, GR-3515, and GR-3516.

Series consists of executive briefing notes prepared for the executive of the Ministry of Advanced Education, and its preceding ministries: the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology, and the Ministry of Education, Skills and Training. The briefing notes are created to provide a succinct overview of issues relevant to the Ministry executive, and as a result the notes cover a broad range of issues related to education in British Columbia. The notes typically contain recommendations for action or response.

The files are comprised of briefing notes as well as internal correspondence, discussion papers, and notes and summaries on programs from other provinces and countries. Also included in this series are preparatory materials for a presentation on 2002 legislation (which contains reference to the Degree Quality Assessment Board; for more information see GR-3549). There is also a Ministry profile which includes an organizational chart of the Ministry in 2002.