Accessibility
This website is designed to be accessible to all users. It has been tested with a variety of browsers and tools. If you find a problem, please contact us and we will fix it immediately.
Of course, we can’t ensure that every edit and new article is processed perfectly, so a few things will slip through, but for the most part, the following statements should apply to every page.
- This site is generally WAI AAA valid. Because many of the guidelines fall into gray areas, our aim is always to ensure compliance with the intent of each standard.
- This site is Section 508 approved complying with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. Eventually, when Canada passes similar legislation, we will follow that.
- All pages on the site validate as XHTML 1.0 Strict.
- The site responds well to increasing the text size in your browser.
- All images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes.
- This site uses style sheets for visual layout - but is perfectly readable with alternative sheets or none at all.
- If javascript is used, it it non-intrusive, and is not necessary for any feature.
- Link either have title attributes which describe the link in greater detail, or are fully described by anchor text.
- There are no javascript: pseudo-links. All links can be followed in any browser, even if scripting is turned off. There are no links that open new windows without warning.