Members of the Dalhousie Faculty Association walk a picket line after the university locked members out over a contract dispute in Halifax on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Dalhousie University in Halifax locks out faculty amid contract dispute

by The Canadian Press August 20, 2025

written by The Canadian Press August 20, 2025

About 1,000 professors, librarians and other teaching staff have been locked out by Atlantic Canada’s largest university less than two weeks before students return for the fall term. Dalhousie University in Halifax locked out its employees around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday amid a contract dispute with the ...

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