A tentative agreement has not yet been reached.

In a statement on the University’s website, VP of Administration, Isabelle Nault says the Mount Saint Vincent Faculty Association (MSVFA) and the Board of Governors negotiated over the weekend and “agreed on numerous language items important to our faculty, librarians and lab instructors and to the administration.”

Nault says these would make improvements to some of the main issues, such as equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility.

However, Saturday night the MSVFA responded to the University’s financial proposal, indicating the strike would go ahead.

The University says:

• Campus remains open (including Residence and all other campus buildings).
• Classes taught by full-time faculty, librarians and lab instructors will NOT run during the strike. A list of affected courses is available here. Please check your course section as certain sections of the same course may be cancelled while others will go ahead.
• Classes taught by part-time faculty will continue (except for a small number of labs – please check the list linked above).
• All other university services continue. The library remains open (though some services will be impacted). The health office, fitness centre and child study centre also remain open.
• Co-op placements and practica continue as usual.