Strike averted -- administration and faculty reach settlement

Nipissing University
News Release

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Following the scheduled negotiating session on Sunday November 8, Nipissing University and its full-time faculty reached a tentative settlement.

Nipissing University president Lesley Lovett-Doust and Todd Horton, president of the Nipissing University Faculty Association (NUFA) announced that a tentative settlement had been reached. The settlement is expected to be ratified over the coming weeks.

“We’re pleased to be able to get back to what’s important to us, and that’s our students,” says Todd Horton, NUFA president.

“I want to thank the University and Faculty bargaining teams who have worked tirelessly over several months to reach a fair and reasonable agreement. Their constructive efforts will allow Nipissing to move onward and upward, as we build sustainability through the new Strategic Plan,” says Lesley Lovett-Doust, president of Nipissing University.

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