The University’s negotiating team and COFAM’s negotiating team met on September 29, 2026, as part of ongoing collective bargaining. This update summarizes the topics discussed at the session.
Topics discussed
Contract Academic Staff and the tenure-track teaching-intensive pathway
McGill recognizes the important contributions of MUNACA-represented employees to the University's mission and to the daily services that support students, faculty, researchers, and the broader community.
Recent public commentary has highlighted several compensation and financial figures related to collective bargaining. The University believes it is helpful to provide additional context regarding how certain figures are calculated and what they do, and do not, represent.
1. Ongoing Collective Bargaining
The University's negotiating team and COFAM's negotiating team met on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, as part of ongoing collective bargaining. This update summarizes the topics discussed at this session.
Tenure-track teaching intensive (TTTi) proposal for Contract Academic Staff
During this meeting University presented a proposed approach to a tenure-track teaching intensive category, including its academic duties, eligibility criteria, appointment process and relationship to existing Contract Academic Staff appointments.
The last bargaining session was held on July 9, 2026, during which the parties continued discussions on outstanding monetary issues. Discussions remain ongoing, and both parties continue to work toward reaching a first collective agreement. Negotiations are expected to resume in the fall.
The Parties met on July 6 and July 23 to continue non-monetary discussions on outstanding articles and begin discussing their respective views on other articles. Negotiations are scheduled to resume September 29. The University remains committed to engaging in constructive discussions with the goal of reaching a negotiated collective agreement.
On August 5, 2026, McGill University and the Confederation of Faculty Associations of McGill (COFAM) held a scheduled bargaining session. During the meeting, COFAM presented additional counterproposals on nine collective agreement articles. COFAM indicated that further counterproposals, including new articles and proposals on monetary matters, will be presented at upcoming bargaining sessions. The parties also discussed scheduling additional bargaining dates for the remainder of 2026 and into 2027 to support the continuation of negotiations.
On July 8, 2026, McGill University and the Confederation of Faculty Associations of McGill (COFAM) held a scheduled bargaining session. During the meeting, the parties continued discussions on a number of collective agreement articles and exchanged views on outstanding issues. The parties reached agreement in principle on two articles and made progress in discussions on several others. A number of matters remain under discussion and will be addressed at future bargaining sessions. The next bargaining session is scheduled for August 5, 2026.
On June 3, 2026, McGill University and the Confederation of Faculty Associations of McGill (COFAM) held a scheduled bargaining session that was administrative in nature. During the meeting, both parties reviewed articles that had been exchanged since the previous bargaining session in April 2026. These included provisions relating to Tenure and Tenure-Track Librarians, Contract Librarians, Leaves of Absence, and Unranked Contract Academic Staff, as well as the status of the articles that remained to be exchanged in order to complete the University's response package.
Meetings between McGill University and the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) took place on April 29, May 12, May 13, and June 2, during which the parties reached agreement on additional items.
The parties have now resolved the majority of issues that could be addressed through negotiations. The remaining outstanding matters will proceed to arbitration for resolution.
The arbitration dates agreed upon by the parties and the arbitrator are August 26, October 26, November 11, and December 8 and 15.
The parties met on June 16, 2026, and exchanged their respective counterproposals on monetary issues.
They are scheduled to meet again on July 14, 2026.
The Union and the University met on May 26 and May 27 to continue discussions on non-monetary proposals. During these meetings, the parties reached agreement and signed off on revisions to certain articles, while discussions continued on other non-monetary issues.
Negotiations are scheduled to resume on June 19.
The parties met again on May 20 as part of a conciliation session to continue exploratory discussions on a limited number of issues.
Another conciliation session is scheduled for June 18.
Negotiations are ongoing with three SEU groups whose collective agreements have expired since May 2025.
The parties met on May 25 and continued their discussions on workload and shift assignment. Notable progress has been achieved, particularly with respect to the refinement and near completion of job descriptions.
The next meeting is scheduled for June 17.
