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As a user of this Site, you are granted a limited license to use, display, or print short extracts of the information for your own personal, non-commercial use only, provided the information is not modified.

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Users of this Site are fully responsible for any consequences resulting from their use of the Site. The information on the Site is provided for educational or informational purposes only; it is not intended to be a substitute for professional advice, whether medical, legal, or otherwise.

Thompson Rivers University does not guarantee the quality, accuracy, completeness, or timelines of the information on the Site. While efforts are made to verify the information provided, the Site may contain typographical or other errors and should not be assumed to be error free. Some information on the Site has been provided by third parties and has not necessarily been verified by Thompson Rivers University.

Furthermore, the Site may contain computer viruses, malware, or other programs or materials from outside sources that may be transferred or copied to your system.

By using the Site, you agree that Thompson Rivers University shall not be responsible for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, or any other damages whatsoever and howsoever caused, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site or in reliance on the information available on the Site.

The Site may contain links to other sites. These links are provided as references to help users identify and locate other Internet resources that may be of interest.

Parties other than Thompson Rivers University independently develop and maintain these other sites. Therefore, Thompson Rivers University does not assume responsibility for the accuracy or appropriateness of the information contained at such sites.

In providing links to other sites, Thompson Rivers University is not acting as a publisher or disseminator of the material contained on these other sites and does not seek to control the content of, or maintain any type of editorial control over, such sites.

A link to another site should not be construed to mean that Thompson Rivers University is associated with or is legally authorized to use any trademark, trade name, logo, or copyrighted symbol that may be reflected in the link or the description of the link to such other sites.

In addition, the mention of another party or its product or services on the Site should not be construed as an endorsement of that party or its product or service.

Certain words, phrases, names, designs, or logos used on the Site may constitute trade marks, service marks, or trade names of Thompson Rivers University or other entities.

The display of any such marks or names on the Site does not imply that Thompson Rivers University or other entities have granted a license or authorization of any kind to use such marks or names.

All information submitted to Thompson Rivers University via the Site shall be the property of Thompson Rivers University and, subject to applicable legislation, Thompson Rivers University shall be free to use, for any purpose, any ideas, concepts, know-how, or other techniques contained in information provided through the Site or sent through email, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Thompson Rivers University.

Furthermore, Thompson Rivers University shall not be subject to any obligations of confidentiality regarding any such information submitted to it unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Thompson Rivers University.

The Internet is not a secure medium and privacy cannot be ensured. Internet email is vulnerable to interception and forgery. Thompson Rivers University will not be responsible for any damages you or any third party may suffer as a result of the transmission of confidential information that you make to Thompson Rivers University through the Internet, or that you expressly or implicitly authorize Thompson Rivers University to make, or for any errors or any changes made to any transmitted information.

By using the Site, you agree that you will not use any device, software, or routine to interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Site.

You agree that you will not use any robot, spider, other automatic device, or manual process to impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on TRU’s infrastructure.

An unreasonable or disproportionately large load is one that prevents other members of the University community from gaining fair and equitable access to web-based systems and resources.

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You hereby consent and submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia in any action or proceeding instituted under or related to your use of the Site.