The Department of Industry was established in 1939 to promote industrial development. In 1941 it was renamed Industry and Publicity, and its mandate expanded to include government public relations and tourism. In 1948 it was renamed Trade and Industry. The department was renamed Development in 1971, when responsibility for information and publicity was assigned to the new Department of Tourism. In 1987 Development was divided into two new departments: Industry, Trade and Technology and Small Business Development. In 1992 the former Department of Development was reunified and renamed Economic Development. In 1994 the department resumed responsibility for tourism and was renamed the Nova Scotia Economic Renewal Agency. In 1997 the department was renamed Economic Development and Tourism. In 1999 the department shed responsibility for tourism and was again renamed Economic Development. In 2001 the department shed responsibility for business development. In 2002 the department took over the technology and innovation responsibilities of the defunct Technology and Science Secretariat and was renamed Office of Economic Development. The office's main function is planning for economic growth. It serves as a central agency for economic policy development and planning.
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* Fonds consists of: Series - Executive case and subject files, Series - Deputy minister's office case and subject files, Series - Industrial Benefits Office case files, Series - Community Economic Development Branch Mainstreet Program photographs, Series - Economic Analysis Branch case and subject files, Series - Departmental case and subject files, Series - Sydney Steel Corporation records, Series - Voluntary Planning Board minutes and other material, Series - Industrial Estates Limited administrative files
* Series - Michael V. Knight's correspondence and other material, Series - Trade and industry project files, Series - Ministers' correspondence and other material, Series - Minister's copies of Industrial Estates Limited minute books, Series - Waterfront Development Corporation records, Series - Nova Scotia Resources Limited minutes and other material, Series - Job creation correspondence, Series - Technical and administrative services program records, Series - Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Development Plan Review records, Series - Industrial Loan Board minute book, Series - Industrial Benefits Office conference records, Series - Subsidiary agreements with the federal government, Series - Projects Division correspondence and other material, Series - Investment Canada correspondence and other material, Series - Industrial Estates Limited project files and other material
Records transferred from the department in 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Series descriptions available.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of case and subject files maintained by the minister or deputy minister. The departmental office of primary responsibility is unclear. Series includes Investment Canada (ICAN) files.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of case and subject files, some relating to policy development and strategic planning. Series includes files relating to Halterm Limited, Industrial Estates Limited, Nova Scotia Resources Limited, Offshore Coordinating Committee, Nova Scotia Resources Development Board, Venture Corporations Board, and Voluntary Planning Board. The Minister of Development had statutory responsibility for all these agencies, except Halterm Limited and Nova Scotia Resources Limited.
The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee is a sub-committee of the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning and reports to Senate through that standing committee. Referred to at various times as the Curriculum Committee (established in 1965) and the Curriculum Sub-Committee, the Committee's purpose is to serve as consultant and advisor to Senate on matters dealing with undergraduate curriculum. The membership of the Committee consists of the Dean of Professional Studies and the Dean of Arts and Science as alternating Chairpersons, the Registrar, two full-time members of faculty from each division, and one faculty member at large, as well as, one third or fourth-year student representative named by the Student Union.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of case files of the Industrial Benefits Office. Series is arranged chronologically and alphabetically by title within each year.
The Committee on Appointment, Promotion and Tenure or Permanence is a standing committee of Senate, and was known in the past as the Committee on Appointments, Rank and Tenure. This Committee is responsible for matters dealing with the awarding of academic rank, tenure and permanence to administrators with academic rank, who are not members of the bargaining unit represented by the Mount Saint Vincent Faculty Association. The Vice-President Academic acts as Chair. This Committee communicates the decision reached in each case of appointment, promotion and tenure or permanence to the Chair of Senate, to the President and/or to the Board of Governors, as appropriate. The Committee considers individuals recommended for emeritus status, and makes recommendations to Senate concerning the granting of emeritus status. Members of the committee include four elected members of faculty serving as members of the University Review Committee/University Review Committee for Librarians.
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Mainstreet Program photographic prints, negatives, and slide transparencies.
The Committee on Teaching and Learning is a standing committee of Senate. This Committee was originally known as the Committee on Continuing Education and Summer School until it was folded into the Committee on Teaching ca. 1995.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of case and subject files of the Economic Analysis Branch. Some of the case files originated with Investment Canada (ICAN).
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of case and subject files that originated in various departmental offices. Series includes correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial statements, proposals, submissions, copies of speeches, agendas and minutes of departmental meetings, Canada Works applications, copies of acts, lists of projects under negotiation, circulars, and newspaper and journal clippings.
Formerly accessible as series 1399 within fonds 149
The Sydney Steel Corporation or SYSCO, was created by the Government of Nova Scotia in 1967 to take over the operations of the Sydney steel plant which was faced with closure following a decision of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO). While the steel mill enjoyed a brief period of financial success business losses continued. Despite substantial investment by governments the much modernized mill was shut down in 2001 following a number of failed attempts to sell the mill as a going concern. While in operation as a provincial crown corporation the mill had concentrated on the production of steel railroad rails. The Corporation reported to Cabinet through the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Technology, which was responsible for the administration of the Sydney Steel Corporation Act.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of records related to the operation of the Sydney Steel Corporation (SYSCO) held in the custody of the department. Series also includes departmental records relating to SYSCO, such as correspondence, briefs, reports, engineering and feasibility studies by outside consulting firms, Modernization Program records, tendering records, business plans, minutes of management committee meetings, consolidated financial statements, confidential briefing material, contracts and agreements, training and procedures manuals, slide transparencies, and architectural and technical drawings.
File listing is in order of the original transfer boxes
The Nova Scotia Archives also holds some records of other subsidiaries of the Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation (DOSCO) including the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Company and the Halifax Shipyards
Copyright held by Nova Scotia Archives.
See [Nova Scotia Archives’ Services page]( https://archives.novascotia.ca/publication-use-copies/ ) for information on copying, reproduction, and use of materials.
[File list available.](https://archives.novascotia.ca/lists/sydney-steel-corporation-records.pdf)
The Nova Scotia Voluntary Planning Board (VPB) was established in 1963 as the Voluntary Economic Planning Board to assist and advise the Minister of Finance in the development and implementation of measures to increase the rate of economic growth in the Province by means of "voluntary economic planning." A Board of Directors was in charge of recruiting and directing planning projects in primary economic sectors.
In 1970, the Board's mandate expanded well beyond economic planning to embrace most areas of public policy in the Province, including the environment and tourism, and it was renamed the Voluntary Planning Board. More recently, the VPB have provided the Premier and Cabinet with volunteer-driven, citizen-based advice through the work of its sector committees. Projects were developed as requested by the Provincial Government, seeing sector committees working for a set period of time to engage citizens and experts in the production of reports presenting findings and recommendations.
In 1999, the sector committees were discontinued, though they were temporarily reinstated between 2001-2004. The VPB Board of Directors undertook a strategic review in 2004-2005 which resulted in the permanent discontinuation of the sector committees. In December 2010 the Voluntary Planning Board office was closed and staff moved to a new Public Engagement Support Unit under the Treasury Board, and subsequently under the Office of Policy and Priorities.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of minutes of Voluntary Planning Board meetings. Series also includes progress and annual reports, recommendations, briefs, draft submissions, plans, studies, assessments, and economic reviews.
RG 55, Series 'VP', Vols. 1-5
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of records that document the relationship between IEL and the department. Series includes copies of annual reports, agendas and minutes of board meetings, financial statements, budget records, and correspondence. Series also includes are a number of subject files created by the department from documents forwarded by IEL. IEL was created in 1957 as a crown corporation. Its purpose was to encourage secondary industry to locate in Nova Scotia by assuming many of the start-up costs such as land, buildings, and equipment, and then leasing these facilities back to a third party. Following the mine disasters in Springhill, N.S., IEL created a subsidiary, Springhill Development Corporation, to deal specifically with industries for that community. In 1981 the Small Business Loans Division of IEL was absorbed by the Nova Scotia Department of Development and in 1982 that department took over the promotional functions of IEL, leaving it as a financing body and the operator of provincially-owned industrial parks. The minister and deputy minister have, by custom, always been members of the board.
RG 30, Vol. 7, No. 10 to Vol 8, No. 7; and Vol. 10, Nos. 23-61; RG 55, Vols. 4, 5; Vol. 10, Nos. 7-20, and Vol. 11 Nos. 1-9
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of correspondence of Michael V. Knight during his tenure as deputy minister. Series also includes memoranda and reports. Two files are primarily records of the deputy minister's assistant. Series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
RG 30, Vol. 6 to Vol. 7, No. 9
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of files relating to various projects promoted by the department. Series includes correspondence, engineering reports, construction documents such as plans, and other related material. Projects included a fish plant at Louisbourg, N.S., Pictou Cutlery, steel pipe manufacturing, scythe manufacturing, a car ferry to Yarmouth, N.S., a soda ash industry, and Mercury Fisheries Limited. Series is arranged numerically by project number assigned by the department.
RG 30, Vols. 11-17
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of correspondence of various ministers of the department. Series also includes memoranda, reports, proposals, agendas and minutes of meetings, articles, brochures, information booklets, and newspaper clippings. Ministers represented include: W.S.K. Jones (1964-1968), Thomas J. McKeough (1968-1969), Gerald Ritcey (1969-1970), Ralph Fiske (1970-1973), George Mitchell (1973-1976), Sandy Cameron (1976-1978), and Roland Thornhill (1978-1987).
RG 55, Vols. 6-8, Vol. 14, Nos. 5-12, and Vol.18
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of minister's copies of minute books of Industrial Estates Limited (IEL) shareholders' meetings, special committees of the board meetings, Executive Committee meetings, Springhill Development Corporation meetings, and board meetings. Most minute books follow a reverse chronological order. IEL was created in 1957 as a crown corporation. Its purpose was to encourage secondary industry to locate in Nova Scotia by assuming many of the start-up costs such as land, buildings, and equipment, and then leasing these facilities back to a third party. Following the mine disasters in Springhill, N.S., IEL created a subsidiary, Springhill Development Corporation, to deal specifically with industries for that community. In 1981 the Small Business Loans Division of IEL was absorbed by the Nova Scotia Department of Development and in 1982 that department took over the promotional functions of IEL, leaving it as a financing body and the operator of provincially-owned industrial parks. The minister and deputy minister have, by custom, always been members of the board.
RG 55, Vol. 11, Nos. 5-9, and Vols. 12 to Vol. 13, No. 1
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of copies of Waterfront Development Corporation (WDC) board documents, project proposals, and other materials sent to the minister. Series also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials added by the minister's office. Series is arranged chronologically. The WDC was formed in 1976 as part of a subsidiary agreement arranged by the Nova Scotia Department of Regional Economic Expansion between the federal and provincial governments. The WDC succeeded an earlier Intergovernmental Waterfront Committee and was a provincial crown corporation with the objective of redeveloping and revitalizing the Halifax, N.S. and Dartmouth, N.S. waterfronts. Although not a board member, the minister appears to have played an active role in its proceedings.
RG 55, Vols 13, No. 2 and Vol. 14, Nos. 1 to 4
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of copies of Nova Scotia Resources Limited (NSRL) board minutes, correspondence, and material relating to various NSRL projects. Records appear to originate from the deputy minister's office. NSRL was established in 1981 by the Government of Nova Scotia to invest in and manage the province's participation in petroleum, energy, and mineral development. One such venture was a synthetic fuel project aimed at using the dormant Gulf Canada refinery in conjunction with a coal to oil conversion method.
RG 55, Vol. 10, Nos. 5 and 6
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of the minister's copies of project acceptance letters. Series also includes memoranda about job creation programs and objectives. The department operated a variety of employment projects through the Job Creation Division, usually by granting money for salaries for specific projects. In most cases the department administered the money directly.
RG 55, Vols. 14, No. 13 and Vol. 15, No. 1
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of minutes of the Rural Industries Committee, letters to successful applicants that outline the purposes of grants, selected Special Assistance files that have significant information about the project in question, correspondence with Development Commissions, selected files from management training programs, and records from the Black Business Opportunity Program. Series also includes files relating to the operation of the Agent General's Office including audit reports from the Auditor General. The Finance and Administration Division of the department administered a number of programs to assist business and industry in the province.
RG 55, Vol. 15, No. 2 to Vol. 16, No. 14395
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of correspondence, reports, and other records relating to the study groups of the Halifax-Dartmouth Regional Development Plan Review of 1975. The review was divided into different subject areas, such as industrial development and energy, with a study group appointed for each topic.
RG 55, Vols. 16, No. 15 to Vol. 17, No.13
The Industrial Loan Board (ILB) was created in April 1951 to make recommendations to cabinet on loans to businesses and industries in Nova Scotia. Starting in 1944 the government had provided loans to hotels, small industries, and fishery workers. The board was created in an attempt to consolidate the programs and provide advice on individual applications. It was intended that the board would assume the duties of the Fishermen's Loan Board. However, that body continued to exist. In 1971, the Industrial Loan Board was superseded by the Nova Scotia Resources Development Board.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of one binder of minutes of Loan Board meetings (no. 268-297). The minutes appear to be copies forwarded by the Minister of Trade and Industry.
RG 55, Vol. 28, No. 3
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of records relating to conferences organized attended by the Industrial Benefits Office of the department. Series also includes records relating to conferences about offshore exploration and activity.
RG 55, Vol. 28, Nos. 1-2
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of binders of copies of subsidiary agreements, amendments, and schedules to agreements that contain additional background information. Series also includes goals and objectives of agreements, minutes of committees managing the agreements or coordinating projects, project authorization briefs that outline each project in detail, and copies of recommendations to Cabinet concerning Order in Council approvals. In 1975 the federal government, through the federal Department of Regional Economic Expansion (DREE), entered into a General Development Agreement (GDA) with Nova Scotia. The GDA provided sums of federal money for various development projects. A number of subsidiary agreements set out how the money was to be spent through specified projects in various economic sectors. The department acted as the agent of the Nova Scotia Government in negotiating each subsidiary agreement and served as the managing department for many of them.
RG 55, Vols. 20-27
The Undergraduate Admissions and Scholarship Committee is a standing committee of Senate. The first meeting of the newly-formed Committee on Admissions and Awards (originally there was a separate Committee on Scholarships and a separate Committee on Admissions) was held December 1966, and at various times this Committee has been known as the Committee on Admissions, Scholarships and Bursaries. This title was later changed to the Committee on Admissions and Scholarships.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of correspondence, reports, and other material.
RG 55, Vol. 19
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of records that document the department's relationship with Investment Canada (ICAN). Series includes correspondence from the agency, memoranda, financial statements, copies of Orders in Council relating to agency decisions, applications for development, reports, accounts, proposals, annual reports, information booklets, and newspaper clippings. The Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA) was established in 1974. On 30 June 1985 the federal Investment Canada Act was passed, replacing the Foreign Investment Review Act and changing the agency's name to Investment Canada. The agency has a threefold mandate: to promote investment in Canada by Canadians and non-Canadians; to research, analyse, and provide policy advice on investment to ensure Canada's investment climate; and to review major foreign investments to determine if they are likely to be of net benefit for Canada.
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Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of copies of records forwarded to Industrial Estates Limited (IEL) board members on various projects. Series includes business proposals, reports analysing proposals, financial reports, and newspaper clippings. From time to time, departmental filing placed non-IEL business promotion records in these files; thus, not all records in this series represent IEL clients or contacts. IEL was created in 1957 as a crown corporation. Its purpose was to encourage secondary industry to locate in Nova Scotia by assuming many of the start-up costs such as land, buildings, and equipment, and then leasing these facilities back to a third party. Following the mine disasters in Springhill, N.S., IEL created a subsidiary, Springhill Development Corporation, to deal specifically with industries for that community. In 1981 the Small Business Loans Division of IEL was absorbed by the Nova Scotia Department of Development and in 1982 that department took over the promotional functions of IEL, leaving it as a financing body and the operator of provincially-owned industrial parks. The minister and deputy minister have, by custom, always been members of the board.
RG 30, Vols. 8, No. 8 to Vol 10, No. 22; RG 55, Vols. 3,9, and Vol. 10, Nos. 1-4