Accessibility statement for ScreenAccessAlberta.ca

Screen Access Alberta is dedicated to increasing and sustaining the workforce that powers Alberta’s screen industries. Part of that mission is working to reduce barriers to entry and make the industry accessible to everyone.

This focus extends to our website, where we take pains to ensure our pages conform to the latest web standards and include features that make our content accessible to everyone.

Accessibility guidelines

Standards for online accessibility are established by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). These standards are developed by organizations and individuals around the world to make web content more accessible to people with disabilities.

ScreenAccessAlberta.ca was designed and developed for conformance with WCAG 2.2 AA standards. It has been tested with automatic and manual methods.

Web accessibility features

The content and design of ScreenAccessAlberta.ca follows accessibility best practices in areas like:

Colour contrast and size: We have followed contrast standards for thing like text that appears on top of an image or in buttons. The size and spacing of fonts and other elements has been optimized to aid readability.

Keyboard usage: Our pages can be navigated without the use of a mouse. Users can navigate via the keyboard or assistive technologies.

Alternative text: Images are accompanied by text describing their content and intent. Alternative text will also be applied to videos and audio files added to the site in the future.

Responsive design: Page layouts are designed to appear correctly regardless of the device used to access them.

These considerations mean that ScreenAccessAlberta.ca is compatible with the latest releases of modern web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari). Other browsers and older versions of supported browsers may not work properly.

Let us know what you think

If you encounter any accessibility issues with our site, please let us know. We welcome all feedback as we work continuously to improve our online experience for all users.

Drop us a note, we do our best to respond to feedback within five business days.