We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Link text must be descriptive and should indicate the actual name of where the link is going. Do not create a link to an unidentified click here.

Unidentified links do not help website users using assistive devices such as screen readers. Screen readers have the ability to read aloud all of the links on a page (skipping the remaining content). Unidentified links such as click here provide no context to the user about where the link is going.

For example:

Correct: For more information, view the university policies.

Incorrect: For university policies, please click here.

A rule of thumb to use when creating links — if the link text is removed from the context of the sentence and it still makes sense, the link text is descriptive and therefore, accessible.

In the above example, the link text university policies is still logical on its own, therefore it is AODA-compliant.

In addition to creating descriptive link text, the Title attribute can be used to provide further information about a link. When hovering over a link, a tooltip box will appear — this is the title text. The title attribute can be a supplement to links to provide more context.

For example:

Screenshot: button link with descriptive title text

The link text of Register now is insufficient, so it can be supplemented by including a title of Register for CMS Training.