Talks resumed on Monday between Dalhousie University and its faculty association, more than two weeks after the school locked out about 1,000 professors, librarians and other teaching staff.

The lockout has extended into the second week of the fall semester, leading to numerous class cancellations at Atlantic Canada’s largest university. Some courses taught by teaching assistants or part-time instructors, who are not part of the faculty union, have been going ahead.

Monday’s meeting involved a conciliator named by the provincial government, but by the afternoon it was unclear what progress, if any, had been made. Neither the Dalhousie Faculty Association nor the university released an update.

Earlier in the day, Dalhousie spokesperson Janet Bryson said the university’s board “welcomes t

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