Professional Employees Association (PEA) bargaining

Last updated: Jan. 21, 2026

The Professional Employees’ Association represents 1,237 professionals and middle managers (1,218 FTE). This component of our workforce includes student counsellors, systems analysts, desktop support staff, nurses, fundraisers, scientific technicians, engineers, student recruiters, academic advisers and more.

The current collective agreement with the PEA expired on June 30, 2025; however, the terms and conditions continue in force until the parties renegotiate the agreement in accordance with the provincial mandate.

The parties began collective bargaining under the 2025 Balance Measures collective bargaining mandate on November 6 and 7, 2025. The most recent bargaining dates were January 15 and 16, 2026, and the parties have dates throughout the month of February to continue discussions.