No, there will be no strike. On January 7, the CEC and OPSEU agreed to enter into binding arbitration therefore averting a strike. The winter semester begins January 8, as scheduled, and students will continue their semester uninterrupted.
Binding arbitration is where an agreed upon neutral third-party arbitrator makes decisions if the parties can’t come up with a compromise. Binding arbitration has been used in the past two academic rounds of negotiations.
The CEC website contains information on the bargaining process and an ongoing archive of proposals from both parties. Additionally, all news updates are published across CEC social media channels and the website.
Humber campuses are located on the treaty lands and traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and homeland of Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat peoples.