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1967-1980 (Creation)
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- United Church of Canada. Division of Communication.
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ca. 64 cm of textual material
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The Division of Communication was formed in 1968 resulting from studies, consultations and debates cumulating in the amalgamation of the former Board of Information and Stewardship and the former Board of Publication. The original mission was to promote the Christian gospel as well as the work and life of the Church to church members and the public utilizing contemporary media. As a result of General Council restructuring, the Division became the Resource Production and Distribution Unit in 2002. The Unit had a similar mandate to its predecessor: to support General Council Office presentation of the United Church to the public through appropriate media; respond to the needs of congregations and partners for resources of various media; and provide effective distribution. However under this new division, aspects of work moved to the General Council Support and Services Unit: Staff members from the area of information services and media relations moved there and General Council Ministers had the responsibility for development of an overall communication strategy for the church. The remainder of the Division moved to six interconnecting parts: United Church resource distribution, Berkeley and UCTV, Resource Coordination, Graphics and Print, Marketing, Wed Design and Production. In 2010 the Unit was renamed Communications and like the Division’s mission in the past, it is responsible for supporting the General Council Office and the denomination by presenting the public face of The United Church of Canada through a variety of media and services. From a more modern perspective the unit helps to foster congregational life, personal spiritual formation, and effective administration of the church through social media, web services, public and media relations, statistics management, and the production and distribution of print and multimedia resources.
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The Division provided grants to Conferences for production costs related to local programming. In 1967 there were regional broadcasting centres operating in the British Columbia Conference, in western Canada (including the Prairie Regional Broadcasting Council) and in Ontario (including the Western Ontario Regional Broadcasting Council), all of which received block grants from the Division. The programme had initially been administered by the Department of Broadcasting under Keith Woollard; he served as Associate Secretary for Regional Relations and Communication Education after leaving the Department of Broadcasting in 1973, until his retirement in 1983. Conferences continued to have their own Communications Committees which were supported by the National Division.
Series contains fifteen subseries: 1) Administrative Records, 1968-1976, 2) Records relating to Newfoundland Conference Relations, 1975-1979, 3) Records relating to Maritime Conference Relations, 1969-1980, 4) Records relating to Montreal/Ottawa Conference Relations, 1969-1980, 5) Records relating to Bay of Quinte Conference Relations, 1967-1980, 6) Records relating to Toronto Conference Relations, 1968-1980, 7) Records relating to Hamilton Conference Relations, 1968-1980, 8) Records relating to London Conference Relations, 1971-1980, 9) Records relating to Manitou Conference Relations, 1975-1980 10) Records relating to Manitoba Conference Relations, 1968-1980, 11) Records relating to Saskatchewan Conference Relations, 1968-1980, 12) Records relating to Alberta Conference Relations, 1968-1980, 13) Records relating to British Columbia Conference Relations, 1968-1980, 14) Records relating to the Western Ontario Regional Broadcasting Council, 1968-1980, 15) Records relating to the Prairie Regional Broadcasting Council, 1968-1975.
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