Terms of use

Introduction

Welcome to the website of the Unité de Soutien SSA Québec (hereafter called the Unit). By browsing our website, you agree to the following terms and conditions of use. If you do not intend to do so, please leave the site.

The Unit’s team is composed of scientific experts, professionals and patients who are autonomous and free thinkers. The interventions of these people may be relayed by the Unit with a view to sharing and mobilizing knowledge, without reflecting the Unit’s position on a given subject.

Intellectual property notice

This Unit Website, including any content appearing on or accessible through the site, is protected by copyright. Any adaptation or distribution must be made in accordance with the intellectual property sharing license (accessible in french here) indicated in the document, or with the author’s consent where no license exists.

Disclaimer

The Unit offers no guarantee as to the accuracy, relevance or reliability of the content of the website, nor with regard to any errors or omissions it may contain. Under no circumstances can the information provided on the website be interpreted as legal advice. The Unit is not responsible for any use that may be made of it.

Privacy

The Unité de soutien SSA Québec has adopted a guideline under the Act respecting access to documents held by public bodies and the protection of personal information (Loi sur l’accès aux documents des organismes publics et sur la protection des renseignements personnels).

The Université de Sherbrooke is the legal representative of the Unit in its capacity as signatory to the agreement with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). As such, it is responsible for applying and complying with the new sections of the aforementioned law. However, the Unit is responsible for putting in place a means of ensuring compliance with the Université de Sherbrooke directive.

The person responsible for the protection of personal information can be reached by e-mail at the following address: rprp@USherbrooke.ca.