Accessibility disclaimer

Accessibility Statement for Experiences Canada Interactive Map

This is an accessibility statement from Experiences Canada.

Measures to support accessibility

Experiences Canada takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Experiences Canada Interactive Map:

Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
Include accessibility throughout our internal policies.

Conformance status

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Experiences Canada Interactive Map is partially conformant with WCAG 2.0 level AA. Partially conformant means that some parts of the content do not fully conform to the accessibility standard.

Additional accessibility considerations

Efforts have been made to ensure that this website is accessible for users living with a disability and vision impairments.Some bypass links have been coded so that users will not indavertently be stuck in third party addons like Google map embed, PDF embed or Google Slides embed.

Feedback

We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Experiences Canada Interactive Map. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Experiences Canada Interactive Map:

Phone: 1-613-727-3832
E-mail: communications@experiencescanada.ca
Visitor Address: 202-2148 Carling Avenue, Ottawa ON K2A 1H1

We try to respond to feedback within we undertake to respond to all queries within 1-2 business days.

Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology:

Experiences Canada Interactive Map is designed to be compatible with the following assistive technologies:

Browser Firefox 88.0 (64-bit) with colour contrast analyser3.0.1 and voice over MacOS Big Sur version 11.3.1 on Mac OS
Browser Firefox 85.0.1.(32-bits) with NVDA 2020.3 on Windows OS
Talkback 9.1 for mobile

Limitations and alternatives

Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Experiences Canada Interactive Map , there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below.

Known limitations for Experiences Canada Interactive Map:

Much of the content is supplied by participating youth and school groups and as such Experiences Canada has limited control or capacity to reconfigure it.

 

This Accessibility Statement is approved by:

Experiences Canada
Deborah Morrison