a history of curriculum services canada

Endnotes
1. After funding all eligible projects, approximately $20 million of the Transition Assistance
Fund remained unallocated at the end of 1991. Minister Dave Cooke agreed to allow it to be
carried forward into 1992, though it was subsequently cut to $10 million in a sweeping
provincial spending cut.
2. Recommendation of Provincial Auditor's Report, 1993: “To reduce and eliminate unnecessary
duplication and to encourage consistent quality in the curriculum documents provided to
teachers, the Ministry should co-ordinate the development by boards of curriculum and other
resource documents useful at the classroom level. The Ministry should also ensure that these
materials reflect the highest quality materials already developed by boards and are made
available for use across the province.”
3. "Creating a Culture of Change" (the 3 C's Project) was a Ministry funded project, in response
to the Transition Years initiative, to help teachers accommodate extensive curriculum changes.
Forty-five teachers were trained to become facilitators to implement change and an electronic
discussion forum was developed. This eventually became ENO, the Education Network of
Ontario.
4. Several people from MET were deeply involved in helping develop the clearinghouse concept.
John Taylor provided electronic expertise, and Jim Sebastian served as lead and driving force for
the group. However, as things progressed, it was decided that the Ministry should be more at
arm's length. It was at this time that Lyn Sharratt was chosen as Chair.
5. The minutes of this meeting are the last to appear on Ministry letterhead.
6. The first $250,000 of Year One funding was payable on 15 April 1994 (received in late May),
while the second half of the first year funding was to be paid upon receipt and approval by MET
of the business plan. The official term of the project was 1 April 1994 to 31 March 1997.
7. This press release also stated that while a catalogue would be made available in both print and
electronic formats for now, only the latter would be supported in the future.
8. One very positive early outcome of this process was that boards began to vet material they had
in house using the guidelines developed for the catalogue. At OCC, Susan Langley vetted all
incoming material to ensure conformity to the guidelines.
9. The $250,000 second installment for year one was received on 2 December.
10. Following its commitment to publishers, OCC's involvement in the production of any
curriculum materials would necessarily be limited to those intended for teachers. This was one
example of the kind of constraint that increasingly challenged and channeled the growth of OCC.
11. In Volume 2, No. 2 of In Common (March-/April 1995), it states that OCC was formerly
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