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Correspondence
CA ON00340 F515-1-3 · Subseries · 1968-1983
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Subseries contains general correspondence of the executive and correspondence concerning meetings, departmental work and ecumenical relationships 1968-1983.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-5-3 · Subseries · 2003-2010
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The Resource Coordinators where responsible for coordinating the production of GCO print and audio visual materials. The coordinator’s role involves advertising, liaising between resource production staff and staff from initiating units, tracking resources through stages of production, and liaising with marketing staff to help units create marketing strategies. The Resource Coordinators reported to the Senior Editor.

Subseries contains the files of Resource Coordinator Aaron Gallegos 2003-2010.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-4 · Subseries · 1963-2007
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The Television and Film Unit and its predecessor body, the Department of Broadcasting, produced television materials as well as children's programming.The Unit was housed at Berkeley Studios. United Church Television was created to produce programing for public broadcast on a network. Most of the content was shown on Vision TV but there were a few co-productions with CBC and some relationships with European broadcasters. The other stream of work for the unit were the productions done for other Division’s of the Church. They were distributed through AVEL. The Unit was also a participant in Religious Television Associates, an interdenominational production group and produced various material in partnership with RTA. In addition it worked on or produced several film projects on human rights, development, and subjects related to priorities of other Divisions of the Church. The Unit also took responsibility for work in the field of cable television. One of the priorities after 1986 was the production of "Spirit Connection," a weekly half-hour television programme seen on Vision TV, the interfaith network.

Subseries consists of correspondence with other Divisions of the Church, interdenominational and international bodies and with Canadian broadcasting regulators; production files for films, television and radio; and miscellaneous files. Includes correspondence, legal agreements and contracts of Religious Television Associates.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-10-4 · Subseries · 1974-1975
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Media Plan II was developed in response to Media Plan I but referred to any Media Plan education campaign which used the existing TV and radio spots. Thunder Bay, B.C. Conference and the Golden Horseshoe were the test sites.

Subseries contains correspondence, reports, financial records etc. of Media Plan II 1974-1975.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
Mission Study
CA ON00340 F515-8-4 · Subseries · 1926-1979, predominantly 1971-1979
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Mission Study were resources created for study groups of various ages and types including children and UCW. Often a Mission Theme was developed.

Subseries contains records re Mission Study, 1926-1979, which includes minutes of editorial committees relating to work with children and adults, 1971-1975, correspondence of the Mission Editor, Nancy Hardy, relating to publications and study kits, and with interdenominational bodies.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
Office Files
CA ON00340 F515-1-5 · Subseries · 1967-2001
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Series contains office files concerning: Computers, Software and Websites; Division Events; Historical Documents; Inter-church Correspondence; Manuals, Policies and Guides; Objectives and Organizational Structure; Personnel and Job Descriptions; and Records Management and Archives 1967-2001.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-5 · Series · 1990-2012
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Before the creation of the Resource Coordinators work area, there were no resource coordinating functions within Communications or across the Church House. The Division of Communication and the Division of Mission in Canada had editors. These divisions were the largest resource producers. They worked on specific tasks and resources, like magazines and books, and did not share work or coordinate work. All the divisions used the services of Communications in terms of graphic design, and video and website design. The divisions (other than DMC and the Division of Communication) may have hired writers or possibly editors, but in general the material was not edited. And staff people in all the units (many of whom did not have communication backgrounds) had to decide first what kind of medium they wanted to produce (video, print, web) and then go to the appropriate staff person in Communications. In 2002, the work area of Resource Coordination was created. Resource Coordinating staff were liaisons with the General Council Units to provide professional advice about producing resources and to shepherd resources through the production process, which included editing, graphic design and web posting. Often the resource coordinator edited the resources (for print or Web) from their assigned units, or if they couldn't, ensured that they were edited by another resource coordinator or a freelancer.

Series contains three subseries: 1) Records of the Resource Planning Group and Print Resources Steering Group, 1990-1996, 2) Records of the Senior Editors, 1996-2012, 3) Records of the Resources Coordinators, 2003-2010.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-10-5 · Subseries · 1975-1980
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

In 1975 Media Outreach replaced term Media Plan to reflect the change of moods, motives and emphases in the media strategies developed by the Conferences and supported by the National Division. The focus of Media Outreach was on faith that makes people “tick” rather than faith in action. Hence, material was produced in co-operation with the Division of Mission in Canada. The Division of Communication developed a Media Outreach Task Force to encourage and assist the Maritime Conference and the Saskatoon Presbytery to design these informational-motivational campaigns. The same task group also communed with local congregations, presbyteries etc. to create a guidebook for media outreach.

Subseries contains reports, correspondence and notes re Media Outreach 1975-1980.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-12-5 · Subseries · 1956-1973, predominantly 1964-1973
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

Subseries contains the records of Assistant Director of Radio and Television Nancy Edwards 1956-1973. Files include production files, correspondence, financial records, committee records and communications planning. Also included are production files of the programmes “When a Child Asks” and “Tell Us a Story” which were under Nancy Edwards’s purview.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
CA ON00340 F515-13-5 · Subseries · 1965-2006
Part of United Church of Canada Division of Communication fonds

The Department of Media Services and later Media Resources participated in interchurch and interfaith broadcasting throughout it’s history, adopting this area of work from it’s predecessor the Department of Broadcasting. In the early years the Department was a participant in Interchurch Broadcasting and later Interchurch Communications: a channel for main-line Christian denominations. Later the Department was involved in Vistion TV and interfaith network for religious programming developed from a call for application from the CRTC.

Subseries consists of ICB and Interchurch Communications Committee minutes, reports, and correspondence as well as United Church correspondence with other participating denominations, and reports on cable television projects. Also included are files on Between Ourselves, a radio show produced by ICB, and records pertaining to the formation and operation of the Canada Interfaith Faith Network and Vision TV.

United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.