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The series consists of the executive records of the Ministry of Women’s Equality, and the preceding ministry, the Minister of Government Management Services and Minister Responsible for Women’s Programs (as it relates to women’s issues). Executive records are the administrative and operational records of the offices of minister, deputy ministers, and assistant deputy ministers.

In 1991, the Ministry of Women’s Programs and Government Services was disestablished, and two ministries were established: The Ministry of Women’s Equality and the Ministry of Government Services. At this time, the duties, responsibilities, and functions of the Minister of Women’s Programs and Government Services and Minister Responsible for Families with respect to women’s programs, including the Task Force on Family Violence, the Advisory Council on Services for Women, and the employment equity program were transferred to the Ministry of Women’s Equality (OIC 1377).

The records document a broad range of activities and interests of the ministries involved, as they relate to women. Some of the subjects covered here include: child care and the Community Care Facility Act; domestic violence and transitional housing; equal pay and employment equity; and Aboriginal women.

The records are comprised of meeting minutes and agendas, memoranda, briefing notes and estimates, and discussion papers. The records also consist of those relating to committees and task forces on which executive members served or were involved with in some capacity, including the Inter-Ministry Committee on Public Awareness on Violence Against Women, Task Force on Child Care, Advisory Council on Community Based Programs, and the Executive Committee. There is also substantial correspondence from private citizens, organizations, and businesses to members of the executive of the Ministry, as well as the Premier, Members of the Legislative Assembly, and correspondence addressed to other ministries which has been forwarded to the Ministry of Women’s Equality. Additionally, there are day planners of Deputy Ministers, Sheila Wynn and Isabel Kelly, and Penny Priddy’s schedules and itineraries, during the time that she served as Minister of Women’s Equality in 1991-1996.

Files of J.W. Mainguy and P.M. Breel. Mainguy was the manager of the Consultation and Inspection Division of the BCHIS, later the Assistant Deputy Minister in charge of Hospital Insurance, 1972-1975. He was the original chairperson of the Planning Group, which was responsible for planning health care development in B.C. This accession includes his Planning Group files, 1966-1974, and the minutes of the Planning Group, 1965-1974. Breel was the Director of the Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division before being appointed Senior Director of Hospital Programs in 1976. This accession includes his subject and hospital files, 1974-1978.

Within the Planning Group files, the files for each regional hospital district include correspondence of the ministry with the local hospital board, letters from citizens, and intergovernmental memos.

Acronyms:

BCHIS =British Columbia Hospital Insurance Services BCHA =British Columbia Hospital Association BCMA =British Columbia Medical Association HC&I =Hospital Consultation and Inspection Division RHD =Regional Hospital District

Boxes 1-16 J.W. Mainguy's Planning Group files1962-1974 Boxes 17-18 Planning Group minutes 1965-1974 Boxes 18-26 P.M. Breel's files1973-1979

In 1946 the health and welfare programs of the Department of the Provincial Secretary were transferred to the new Department of Health and Welfare. The Provincial Secretary continued to be responsible for the administration of the Hospital Act, including funding the hospitals, until 1948, when the B.C. Hospital Insurance Service was introduced as a third branch of the Department of Health and Welfare.

These files contain correspondence of the Deputy Ministers of the Health Branch from 1946 to 1974, G.F. Amyot, J.A. Taylor and G.R.F. Elliot, and also correspondence of G.R.F. Elliot when he was the Assistant Deputy Minister of Community Health Programs, 1974-1978.

Files of two Deputy Ministers of Health, J.W. Mainguy (1975-1978) and Chapin Key (1978-1981). Initials for each file note their creator.

Ministry of Health executive records. This collection includes the files of J.W. Mainguy (Deputy Minister of Health 1975-1978), W.J. Lyle (Deputy Minister of the Hospital Insurance Service 1972-1975 and Deputy Minister of Medical and Hospital Programs 1975-1977), and Chapin Key (Deputy Minister of Health 1978-1981). It also contains files of outgoing correspondence of Dennis Cocke (Minister of Health 1972-1975), and R.H. McClelland (Minister of Health 1975-1979). These files were transferred from the Ministry of Health in 1987. There are four series: 1.Subject files of the Deputy Minister of Health, J.W. Mainguy (1975-1978), followed by Chapin Key (1978-1981). Boxes 1-23, 1963-1979. 2.Subject files of the Deputy Minister of Medical and Hospital Programs (W.J. Lyle). Boxes 24-27, 1964-1978. 3.Binders re Conferences of Ministers and Deputy Ministers. Boxes 27-28, 1974-1977. 4.Daily correspondence files (outgoing) Boxes 29-30. -Minister of Health - (Dennis Cocke), 1974-1975. -Minister of Health - (R.H. McClelland), 1976-1977. -Deputy Minister of Medical and Hospital Programs (W.J. Lyle), 1974-1977.

The series consists of memos, correspondence, meeting minutes, and agendas created and received by the Ministry of Health’s Pharmacare department between 1988 and 1994. The records deal with various pieces of relevant legislation and the functions of a number of committees, including the Drug Use Review committee, the Executive committee, the Health Human Resources committee, the Information Systems Security committee and the New Drug committee. The records show the breadth of issues addressed within the Pharmacare department.

The series is divided into two subseries. The first subseries consists of executive records from committees, commissions and task forces, as well as records looking into legislation and briefing notes.

The second subseries consists of correspondence from private citizens inquiring about a number of different issues, including prosthetics and orthotics, methadone treatment, long term care, and fraudulent Pharmacare claims.

The series is covered by ARCS 135-40, 195-40, 200-20, 201-20 202-20, 206-20, 265-01. 265-03, 265-20, 280-01, 280-20, and 280-40. The series is arranged first by file code number and then alphabetically by file title.

This series mainly consists of 'transport' working files of Associate Deputy Minister, Fraser A. MacLean (1971-1975). Some records were created by his predecessor A.J. Bowering (1959-1971). Types of records include correspondence, reports, clippings and other information about aircraft, industrial transportation, Motor Vehicle Act amendments, inter-provincial correspondence, emergency programs, safety, standards, and departmental issues of budget, facilities and planning.

This series consists of the executive records of the Assistant Deputy Ministry (ADM), Community and Family Health, 1987-1990. These records document the creation of the Community and Family Health division which was the amalgamation of the previously separate Preventative and Community Care Services in 1988. The new division included all Public Health promotion and protection programs delivered through health units across the province and the BC Centre for Disease Control, and programs operated or funded by Mental Health Services, Forensic Psychiatric Services, and Services to the Handicapped. Examples of records documenting these activities include the advisory committee on health promotion and wellness (Preventative Services), vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons (Services to the Handicapped), and child and youth mental health services (Mental Health Services). Records also include program specific reports, correspondence on restructuring the Community and Family Health division, program specific briefing notes, cooperation and liaison files documenting significant program specific relationships (Associated Boards of Health), and other related committee activities such as the hospital and community partnership program committee and the interministerial committee on strengthening the family. These records were created and received by the Ministry of Health in BC under the Health Act (RSBC 1996, c. 179) and other applicable legislation such as the Forensic Psychiatry Act (RSBC 1979, c. 139), and the Mental Health Act of British Columbia (RSBC 1996, c. 288). The mission of the division was to promote the health of individuals and communities in BC by monitoring population health, and the cost-effective implementation of community-based preventative, protection and treatment strategies.

The records are arranged by subject and relevant Administrative Records Classification System (ARCS) code. They include correspondence, memoranda, reports, briefing notes, and meeting materials. These records are classified under the Executive Records schedule (102906). Records in this accession appraised for destruction documented routine administrative activities. Some files have been removed for tobacco litigation. These files are identified on the file list as [removed].

The series consists of records created by the Geographic Division between 1916 and 1957, and contain the files of the Chief Geographer, G.G. Aitken, relating to cartography, toponymy, surveying, boundaries, and miscellaneous other geographical topics. The files include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of publications, research notes, pamphlets and clippings and records of the Natural Resources and Map Committee, 1924-1934.

The series also contains 23 road, highway and rail maps and two photographs of an unidentified dam.

This series contains the records of the Deputy Minister regarding civil defence.

This series consists of Department of Education experience and tenure forms for teachers. Forms referring to experience and tenure of teachers and qualifications from rural and municipal districts, 1943-1944, and from cities, 1944-1945. Files cover rural schools, city schools, Vancouver, and the Matsqui - Sumas - Abbotsford Educational Area.

This series consists of experimental forest sample plot studies created by the research division of the Forest Branch from 1924-1938. The records track the growth, inventory, availability and volume of timber in a particular area referred to as a sample plot. This includes tracking the ratio of height and width of a tree relative to its age to estimate growth rates in various types of ecosystems. The records contain descriptive information of the plot’s soil, topography, ground cover, previous logging, location and vegetation.

One study from 1924-1930 referred to as project number 11 or ME 11 which relates to Douglas fir. The other study conducted around 1938 relates to red alder trees. Plots were located around Vancouver Island, the lower mainland, the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast and other areas of the south coast. Records include statistics, tables, graphs and field notes.

The series consists of videotapes, film and audio tapes that form part of the records of the Expo 86 Corporation. Most of this material was either commissioned or acquired by the divisions of Expo 86 Corporation responsible for marketing and communications. It consists of promotional material packaged in several different forms for mass media outlets, and informational material directed to specialized audiences such as corporations and governments. The series also includes media monitoring tapes of news coverage and footage documenting the planning, progress and construction of the exposition. Most of the material dates from March 1983 to the opening days of Expo in early May 1986.

The series contains _ videotapes, _ films (4 titles) and audio tapes.

Records - including posters, drawings, sketches, photographs, slides, audio-visual material, and construction plans -
relating to the 1986 World Exposition, specifically the Expo 86 Corporation, held in Vancouver in 1986. Includes files from all of the divisions and departments within the Corporation, reflecting the planning, coordination, development and execution of the World's Fair.

The series consists of 402 colour slides taken between 1982 and 1986. They includes the Craven Foundation slide presentation of classic cars for display, Kamloops committee workshop, Port Hardy signs, Galaxy on Ice display from Ottawa, corporate participation manual show and general photographs of Expo 86.

This series consists of exposure to hazardous materials case files created by the Human Resources Branch of the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, 1988-1998. Files contain correspondence, minutes, reports and training materials regarding the presence of asbestos in a government office building and possible employee exposure; exposure to hazardous carpet glue at another government office; inspection and use of a lab at Malaspina College; and the implementation of training for Conservation Officers on handling hazardous materials to meet WCB compliance.

Records in this series are covered by ARCS 1460-40 and 1460-45. Records have been selected for full retention.

The fonds consists of a store ledger, a time book, an account book and rough account book.

The fonds consists of photographs depicting landscape views of Vancouver Island, the Pacific Coast, and the Fraser Valley.

The fonds consists of engineering reports on the power potential of the Liard and Peace River watersheds, including maps and a photograph album.

The fonds consists of accounts and a drug pricelist.

The series consists of records created between 1949 and 1995 by the Facilities Planning and Construction division of the Ministry of Health, and its successor divisions, the Design and Construction division and the Facilities Construction division. The majority of the records date to the 1980s and 1990s. The series consists of meeting minutes, requests for proposal, agendas, contract documents, change orders, financing approvals, and planning reports for the construction and alteration of hospitals and health care facilities across the province in accordance with the Hospital Act (RSBC 1996, c . 200), Hospital District Finance Act (RSBC 1996, c. 203) and the Building Safety Standards Act (RSBC 1996, c. 42).. The records document all aspects of health facility planning, construction, and renovation across the province. Some early files include complete inventories of ward equipment and many files contain long-range plans for health care facility development.

The series is covered by ORCS 50700-20. Files are arranged alphabetically by location within each accrual. Due to the fact that records arrived at the Archives in multiple accruals, files relating to a single facility or project can be found throughout the accession in several different boxes .
Major accrual groupings are :
Boxes 0001 to 0030
Boxes 0031 to 0040
Boxes 0041 to 0043
Boxes 0044 to 0060
Boxes 0061 to 0085
Boxes 0086 to 0122
Boxes 0123 to 0125
Boxes 0125 to 0156
Boxes 0157 to 0166
Boxes 0167 to 0172
Box 0174
Boxes 0175 to 0186
Boxes 0251 to 0257

This series consists of the records from the British Columbia Court of Appeal case, His Majesty's Attorney General of Canada vs. Western Higbie and Albion Investments Ltd. and Marine Sales and Services Ltd. and Vancouver Shipyards Ltd. Records include factum of respondent, appellant's factum, case on appeal, and 20 exhibits.

The fonds consists of Fairbridge Alumni Association's correspondence, a certificate, clippings and copies of provincial government statutes, minutes, newsletters, financial reports, account books and receipts, and photographs. There is also a videotape of a 1988 Fairbridge Alumni reunion in Molong, Australia, and a copy of the 1989 British television documentary "Lost Children of the Empire".

Case files from Fairview, 1904-1905 and 1914-1920 and from Keremeos, 1914.

This series consists of four volumes of Fairview Provincial Court police charge books and magistrate's notebooks. Volumes include a police charge books, Fairview, 1897-1921 and Osoyoos, 1893-1877; magistrate's court notebook, Fairview, 1922-1923.

Two procedure (or cause) books: one volume from the Small Debts Court of the District of Yale holden at Midway (Jan 1896), Osoyoos (1896-1899) and Fairview (1898-1905) recorded by C.A.R. Lambly, Stipendiary Magistrate and one volume from Fairview (1909-1920) with a few hearings in Keremeos (1914) recorded by James R. Brown, Stipendiary Magistrate.

The fonds consists of account books, annual reports, correspondence, reports, journals, memoranda, minutes, statistical data, and photographs of the society and its activities.

The fonds consists of Monsarrat's diary.

Charge register relating to the "Farmers' Land Clearing Assistance Act"