Commission administrative des régimes de retraite et d'assurances. 
 

Accessibility

 

Changes have been made to the French version. These will be published shortly.

 

CARRA wishes to make its Web site accessible to the greatest number of visitors possible. The structure of the site being simple, all that was required was to mention a few elements for an easier browsing experience.

Site Structure

  • All the pages of the site corresponding to a section are listed in their respective directory and their names suggest the title of their content: their Web address URL) is therefore logical and easy to understand.
  • Menus appear on all the pages of the site.
  • The width of the site is variable. It can adapt to any screen width and resolution.

Quick Bypass Links and Access to Content

At the top of each page, there is a special invisible browsing link that allows direct access to the content of the page with a keyboard shortcut Alt [S] to avoid menus. See keyboard shortcuts below.

All the links are accessible with the tabulation key [Tab].

Browsing and Site Map

  • A "breadcrumb trail" type browsing menu, just over the content area, shows the rank of the page being displayed in the site structure.
  • All pages have a quick return link to the home page from the administrative signature at the top of each page.
  • The blue menu under the banner gives access to the home page, the site map, the e-mail address for the Direction des contacts clients, the To contact us section. In addition, it contains a link to the Québec Portal as well as a link to switch languages (French-English).
  • The search engine is under the blue menu.
  • The menu on the left shows the list of the pages most frequently visited.
  • The main menu, the yellow one, gives access to the main sections of the site.
  • The content of each page is displayed in the center in the same style.
  • Each footer contains a link to Accessibility, Service Statement, Policy on Privacy, the Québec Portal and the Provisions for the protection of intellectual property (copyright).

Identifiable Links

Internal links are blue and underlined. When they are touched by the cursor, they all become bright yellow. Once they have been visited, they all remain bright yellow and underlined.

The links to an external site are identified with the mention: "External site: Opening a new window".

Type Size

Internet users can change the type size for an easier reading experience. To change size to your convenience, simply choose one of the following methods:

  • [Ctrl] key and "+" to increase the size,
    [Ctrl] key and "─" to reduce the size,
    [Ctrl] key and "0" to go back to the default size,
    or
  • [Ctrl] and turn the mouse wheel
    or
  • In the browser tool bar, go to the "Display" menu, then to the "Text size" option and choose a new size. The text size by default is medium.

Keyboard Shortcuts

The most frequently used shortcuts are:

  • [0] : Accessibility
  • [1] : Home
  • [2] :
  • [3] : Site map
  • [4] : Search
  • [5] : "Life events" section
  • [6] :
  • [7] :
  • [8] : Service Statement
  • [9] : To contact us
  • [S] : Access content

Attention: Use the keys at the top of the keyboard and not the digital pad keys.

Keyboard shortcuts are not programmed by a single key in order to differentiate them from the usual keyboard entries. They are activated by a combination of keys that may vary depending on operating systems and browsers.

Various key combinations depending on operating system and browser:

  • Internet Explorer (Windows): [Alt] + [shortcut number], then [Enter] to validate
  • FireFox (Windows): [Alt] + [Shift] + [shortcut number]
  • Mozilla, Netscape, K-Meleon: [Alt] + [shortcut number]
  • Opera 7 (Windows), Macintosh, Linux: [Esc] + [Shift] + [shortcut number]
  • MSIE Macintosh: [Ctrl] + [shortcut number], then [Enter]
  • Safari 1.2 Macintosh: [Ctrl] + [shortcut number]
  • Mozilla, Netscape Macintosh: [Ctrl] + [shortcut number]
  • Galeon/Mozilla/FireFox Linux: [Alt] + [shortcut number]
  • Konqueror 3.3+: [Ctrl], then [shortcut number] (successively)

 

Note: the following browsers do not allow shortcuts.

  • Netscape 4, Camino, Galeon, Konqueror before version 3.3.0, Omniweb, Safari before version 1.2, Opera Windows/Linux before version 7.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

The acronyms and abbreviations used on the site are defined at the first access on every page.

Voice Readers

Voice readers used by certain Internet users, (for example, visually impaired users) will pause between links when they are close to each other, as in menus for example, and some will even change their tone of voice, as one would do when reading aloud, to indicate a "difference". Specific information is given to voice readers so that they spell abbreviations and acronyms instead of reading them. All this is intended to provide a better understanding of the content.

Disabled JavaScript

Pages with a dynamic content will not work if your JavaScript is disabled. However, alternate browsing is possible by using the site map.

Content, Styles and Images

The text content code (xhtml) and the position code (CSS or style sheet) are separate. The site remains totally readable even when users disable the style sheets. Images are commented for voice readers and non-graphic browsers (lynx...).

Quick Display

The site design contains few images, which allows quick display of its pages.

To Contact the Administrator of the Site

For any problem with browsing of display, please contact the webmaster of CARRA’s Web site.