Canada

The faculty association has said the main issues in the dispute are wages and the university's reliance on limited-term contracts. It has said that it is looking for wages that keep up with inflation and make up for a nine per cent loss in real wages over the past 10 years.

The current contract agreement expired on June 30. In June, 85.5 per cent of the faculty association membership participated in a strike vote with 91.2 per cent voting in favour of strike action if an acceptable deal couldn’t be reached.

The school said all classes taught by faculty association members are suspended for the duration of the labour disruption.