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Instructional Media Services (UTM)
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History
Erindale Media Services operated at Erindale College (later renamed the University of Toronto Mississauga) within a broad capacity to provide photographic services for campus community members including faculty, staff, and students. Occasionally the group was also commissioned to do photographic work for local community groups.
In 1969, the Graphic Arts department included in its responsibilities various campus photographic work, specifically staff portraits, events photography, and publication support. The department employed photographer Steven Alviars Jaunzems (1944-2016), and graphic artists Norm White and Georgie Anderson (aka "Mrs. Graphic"), who led the department until her retirement in (ca.) 1986. Alison Dias joined the department as "Assistant University Photographer" in 1987.
For much of its history, photographer Steven Jaunzems was responsible for photography on campus and operated within the Technical Services Department. Technical Services at Erindale College additionally included the Greenhouse, the Machine Shop, Animal Vivarium, Electronics Shop, Micro Computer support, Audio-visual, Graphics Arts, Stores & Receiving, and Teaching Lab Technicians. With the dissolution of Technical Services in the 1990s, photography (under the name Erindale Media Services) was transferred to Infrastructure and Facilities, headed by Director Sol Kessler. In 1997, Erindale Media Services was renamed Instructional Media Services.