New E-mail from Administration - TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED

North Bay, ON, November 8, 2009 - Following the scheduled negotiating
session on Sunday November 8, Nipissing University and its full-time
faculty reached a tentative settlement.

Nipissing University president Lesley Lovett-Doust and Todd Horton,
president of the Nipissing University Faculty Association (NUFA)
announced that a tentative settlement had been reached. The settlement
is expected to be ratified over the coming weeks.

"We're pleased to be able to get back to what's important to us, and
that's our students," says Todd Horton, NUFA president.

"I want to thank the University and Faculty bargaining teams who have
worked tirelessly over several months to reach a fair and reasonable
agreement. Their constructive efforts will allow Nipissing to move
onward and upward, as we build sustainability through the new Strategic
Plan," says Lesley Lovett-Doust, president of Nipissing University.