On August 20, the Dalhousie University administration locked out its nearly 1,000 faculty, librarians, counsellors and instructors. Dalhousie now has the dubious distinction of being the first research-intensive university in Canada to lock out its full-time faculty.
Over the past three years, only two other CAUT member academic staff associations have been locked out:
- University of Lethbridge Faculty Association (ULFA), 2020-2024 collective agreement: strike and lockout starting February 10, 2022, lasting 5 weeks.
- CUPE 3912 at Dalhousie, 2020-2024 collective agreement: strike and lockout from October 19, 2022, lasting 3 weeks.
Number of academic staff association
strikes/lockouts, 2014-2024

Average duration of academic staff association
strikes/lockouts, 2014-2024

*Data only captures members of the CAUT Defence Fund. Source: CAUT Collective Bargaining Dashboard
