Terms of use

By accessing or using the Website, you acknowledge and agree that these Terms of Use may be modified in accordance with the provisions set forth below and are invited to consult them regularly.

We reserve the right to update and modify the Terms of Use at any time without notice. In the event of a change, we will post the updated version of the Terms of Use on our Website and update the date of the last update. We therefore encourage you to review our Terms of Use when you visit the Website to obtain timely notice of updated Terms of Use. If you do not agree to the updated Terms of Use, please do not continue to use our Website. Your continued use of or access to our Web site following the posting of updated Terms of Use constitutes your acceptance of such updated Terms of Use.

For the purposes hereof, Content means all materials and content made available to users on the Website, including notices, guidelines, communications, text, RSS feeds, graphics, images, illustrations, audiovisual works, multimedia elements, photographs, videos, music, sound recordings, policies, documents, software, information, data and any other work, including the manner in which such Content is presented.

Third-Party Content – Content accessed or available on the Web Site or via the Internet may be owned by third parties ( Third-Party Content) and protected by intellectual property rights, including copyrights and trademarks, or other proprietary rights and laws. Nothing in your use of the Website or in these Terms of Use grants you any right, title or interest in or to such Third Party Content, except for the right to use the Website granted to you in accordance with the Terms of Use.

Third Party Websites – The Website may contain links to Third Party Content available on independent third party websites (the ” Third Party Websites“). These links are provided for information purposes only. The Organization is not responsible for Third Party Content or the quality, safety, availability, completeness, accuracy, legal compliance and policies or practices of such Third Party Websites. We do not endorse third-party websites and make no representations about them or their content. If you choose to access a third-party website linked from our Website, you do so at your own risk.

Organization content – Unless expressly stated otherwise, all right, title and interest in and to the Web Site and all Content, URLs, domain names, source codes, processes, trademarks, trade names, logos, product and service names, works or other copyrightable subject matter, whether registered or unregistered, recognized by applicable law, including (a) any improvement or modification to any of the foregoing, (b) any application for registration or renewal in respect of the foregoing, and (c) licenses and sublicenses for third-party intellectual property (collectively, the Organization content), as well as all derivatives, translations and updates of the Organization’s Content, are the exclusive property of the Organization and are protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights and laws. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by the Organization.

License – Subject to your compliance with the Terms of Use and any other agreement between you and us, the Organization grants you, for your personal use only, a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, royalty-free license to access and use the Website and its Content during the term of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement grants you any right, title or interest in or to the Organization Content, other than the limited right to access and/or use the Website in accordance with these Terms of Use. You may not copy, modify, disassemble, reproduce, adapt, sell, resell, compile or extract any Content, in whole or in part, by any means, and on any existing or future media, including translation of the Content into any other language, except as expressly permitted by these Terms of Use. Any other use of the Organization’s Content is strictly prohibited and constitutes a violation of Canadian intellectual property laws or other applicable property rights and laws. The Organization will enforce its intellectual property rights to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Acceptable Use – You may only use the Website and its Content for lawful purposes and in accordance with the rules set out in this section. If, at any time, you become aware of a violation of these Terms of Use by any person or entity, you agree to notify us immediately so that we may investigate and, if appropriate, terminate or remedy such violation.

Prohibited Uses – Without limiting the generality of the restrictions set forth below, you agree not to do or permit, directly or indirectly, any of the following in connection with the Website:

• publish, download, translate, use, upload, reproduce, distribute or otherwise transmit any Content that :
  • is defamatory, counterfeit or illegal;
  • is inappropriate, profane, degrading, obscene, indecent or contains information without appropriate or legally required access controls (which controls shall in no event be our responsibility);
  • gives rise to civil liability or infringes our rights or helps someone else to infringe our rights or those of third parties, including copyright infringement, invasion of privacy, trademark infringement or defamation;
  • constitutes threats, harassment, intimidation, abuse or any conduct that infringes on the rights of others;
  • constitutes a criminal offence, or participates or assists others in committing a criminal offence;
  • contains a virus, ransomware, Trojan horse, worm, spyware or any other malicious program or software, including web scraping tools.
  • constitutes unauthorized or unsolicited commercial communications, junk or mass communications or other spam (whether or not using electronic messaging services, including instant messaging, blogging or comment spam) or is otherwise massive or unsolicited;
• disrupt, disable or threaten the integrity, operation or security of the Website;
• probe, analyze or test the vulnerability of the Website or breach its security measures;
• disable or circumvent any access control measures or processes or procedures in connection with the Website;
• sublicense, share, resell, reproduce, copy, distribute, redistribute or exploit for any commercial purposes any portion of, use of or access to the Website, unless you first obtain our express permission to do so;
• extract, assemble, collect or store personal information from third parties without their consent
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Recourse – Without limiting any other rights we may have and subject to any agreement between you and us, the Organization may, without notice to you, suspend, restrict or terminate your access to and use of the Website and take any other action we deem appropriate if, in our sole and absolute discretion, we determine or believe that you have violated any of the provisions of the Terms of Use.

Use of the website and its content is provided without warranty or representation of any kind, including as to the connectivity, performance, operation, availability, reliability, timeliness, security, quality, capacity or accuracy of the website and content. The organization cannot be held responsible for delays, interruptions, accidental failures, service breakdowns or other problems inherent in the use of the Internet, electronic communications, telecommunications networks or other systems or networks operated by third parties or beyond our reasonable control. The organization expressly disclaims all conditions, warranties and representations, express, implied, statutory or otherwise.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, neither the organization nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the Web site or any content shall be liable for damages of any kind, including actual, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages, including lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, interruption of services, computer damage or system failure, arising out of or in connection with (i) these terms of use and your use of or inability to access or use the website, its content and the services offered therein, even if the organization has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

These limitations of liability and damages are fundamental elements of the contract between you and the organization. If applicable law does not permit one or more of the limitations set forth in these Terms of Use, some of the limitations set forth above may not apply to you.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Organization from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, fees or charges (including all reasonable legal and accounting fees) arising out of or in connection with : (i) your violation of these Terms of Use, (ii) any damage or default arising from your use of the Website and its Content, or (iii) your violation of any law or regulation or third party rights such as intellectual property or privacy rights, other than as expressly permitted hereunder.

The Organization reserves the right, at its sole discretion and expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you. You also agree to cooperate fully and reasonably in the defense of any claim, if any.

This Agreement and other policies available on the Website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec. All disputes, claims and actions arising out of or in connection with these Terms of Use shall be resolved or settled in Quebec, Canada. You submit and attorn to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts of the province of Quebec and the federal courts located in the province of Quebec.