a history of curriculum services canada

Included in this vision for the future was the “global store” concept, in which the Corporation
would undertake to serve all schools through a central ordering system which would be linked to
the existing website. Also raised at this meeting was the possible franchising potential of the
CCSC model in other provinces.
By August, letters had been sent to all member organizations and to Ministry of Education
(EDU) officials informing them of the corporate changes that had been introduced and inviting
them to arrange a meeting in which a more detailed presentation could be conducted, and
organizational questions raised.
By 27 August 1999, OCC officially became incorporated as Curriculum Services Canada (CSC).
TCF and pdstore.com would be filed for incorporation in the months to come.
With the implementation of pdstore, it was necessary to hire three full-time employees - a
website manager, a database manager, and a business administrator. Suggestions were made at
the September Board Meeting to conduct educational presentations in future on the pdstore.com
concept.
Negotiations in the summer months also resulted in the donation of an IBM server to host the
OCC database. This donation was initiated by the new Board Director, John Kutcy. By mid-
October, 56 Grade Nine Course Profiles were ready to be posted on the OCC website.
Franchising discussions with other provinces also began in the summer. After a preliminary
meeting with an advisor to the BC Ministry of Education, an informational presentation was
given in October, in Victoria BC, to Directors of Curriculum for the Western Protocol (which
includes four provinces and three territories). Another presentation was made in October to 18
curriculum staff in Edmonton, Alberta, in October, which resulted in a request from Alberta
Learning (Ministry of Education) to evaluate Health resources for Kindergarten to Grade 10.
New Brunswick also indicated interest in CSC’s franchising concept.
Progress on the ISO 9002 application was announced at the September Board Meeting, with a
first audit anticipated by December 1999.
OCC also started evaluations on the Grade 10 Course Profiles in September, a larger contract
than ever, because of the fact that there were more electives in Grade 10 than in Grade 9. Other
evaluations included some of the contents of the EDU CD ROM Curriculum Planner.
Meetings with potential partners for the central purchasing system for pdstore.com continued
into November. Project Management Groupware Inc. (PMG) was the favoured software joint
venture partner, with their product “Central Store”. A Power Point presentation was made to
CODE officials, who expressed a keen interest in becoming a joint venture partner, acting as
ambassadors for CSC. The Canadian Association of School Administrators (CASA) agreed to
the joint venture on the November 17. Further presentations on the “Central Store” were
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