Nova Scotia·UpdatedBoth sides returned to the bargaining table on Monday but they were unable to come to an agreement.After wrapping up a conciliation session on Tuesday, the school says there are no further bargaining datesCBC News · Posted: Sep 10, 2025 10:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: 28 minutes agoDalhousie faculty members are shown on the picket line on Oxford Street in Halifax on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, after the university initiated a lockout over a contract dispute. (Galen McRae/CBC)No future conciliation dates have been scheduled in the contract dispute between the Dalhousie University board of governors and the Dalhousie Faculty Association.The news comes after the association and the board returned to the bargaining table Monday. That session ended Tuesday afternoon without a deal.This week marks the second week of the fall semester and about three weeks since members of the faculty association were locked out on Aug. 20.The union representing nearly 1,000 professors, instructors, librarians and professional counsellors went on strike two days later.It has said recent collective agreements have not kept up with inflation, and its wage proposal is to make up for lost ground. Other issues include expanded parental leave benefits and flexible class scheduling policies.The university has offered two per cent increases for each year of a three-year contract. The faculty association’s last proposal was for increases of 3.75 per cent, 4.75 per cent and 5.75 per cent over three years.Students call for tuition refundMore than 100 students gathered at the university’s Halifax campus on Wednesday to demand a refund on tuition following the lockout.The Dalhousie Student Union is calling on the university to reduce tuition costs proportionally to the amount of class time they’ve lost following the lockout of faculty members. (Craig Paisley/CBC)The Dalhousie Student Union said in a statement that it’s calling on the university to reduce tuition costs proportionally to the amount of class time they’ve lost, with each week of classes lost representing about seven per cent of a semester.Ethan Leckie with the student union said on Wednesday students are caught in the middle of the dispute and are suffering for it.Leckie added he’s entering his fourth year at the school, which costs him about $5,000 a semester.Ethan Leckie is the vice president academic and external with the Dalhousie Student Union. (Craig Paisley/CBC)”That’s low in comparison to most students. Most are paying [$6,000] and international students are paying upwards of [$20,000 to $30,000] per semester,” he said “And those students are still having to pay their tuition every week.”According to the Dalhousie website, tuition for the fall semester is due Sept. 16.
No new dates set for conciliation between Dalhousie board, faculty association
