Faculty members and administrators have agreed to settle their differences and end a strike at St. Thomas University, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Classes will resume tomorrow after a labor dispute that began during the Christmas break.

President Michael W. Higgins announced over the weekend that the two sides would submit to binding arbitration to settle the dispute over wages and workload. The arbitrator will issue a report within 30 days.

Faculty members at the liberal-arts university were locked out on December 27. When the lockout was lifted last month, the faculty went on strike.

Classes were supposed to begin January 3. The winter term will now be extended to April 25, 11 days later than originally scheduled, according to a local newspaper, the Telegraph Journal, with exams ending May 3.

Meanwhile, the student government says it will seek compensation for students for lost classes and extra expenses, such as extensions of leases and losses on meal plans. The university says it will look at compensation options, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported. —Karen Birchard