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Note 12 - Share-based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2025

Notes Tables

Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Table Text Block]

		Three months ended
		February 28,				February 29,
		2025				2024
Stock options		$	459			$	1,322
Performance share unit plan			454				1,027
Deferred share unit plan			70				60
		$	983			$	2,409

Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity [Table Text Block]

		Number of stock options				Weighted- average exercise price per share				Weighted- average remaining contractual term (years)				Aggregate intrinsic value
November 30, 2024			8,849,535			$	6.12
Expired			(590,835	)			7.48
February 28, 2025			8,258,700			$	6.00				2.20			$	6.00
Vested and exercisable as of February 28, 2025			5,750,648			$	6.65				1.64			$	2.00

Schedule of Share-Based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

		Three months ended
		February 28,				February 29,
		2025				2024
Weighted-average assumptions used to value stock option awards:
Expected volatility			—				48.7	%
Expected term of options (years)			—				4
Expected dividend rate			—				—
Risk-free interest rate			—				4.29	%
Expected forfeiture rate			—				3.0	%
Weighted-average grant-date fair value		$	—			$	1.76
Intrinsic value of options exercised		$	—			$	471
Cash received from options exercised		$	—			$	—

Schedule of Nonvested Performance-Based Units Activity [Table Text Block]

		Number of PSU awards				Weighted- average grant day fair value per award				Aggregate intrinsic value
November 30, 2024			1,633,500			$	5.32
Vested and paid out/released			(102,100	)		$	6.67
Performance adjustment			(306,300	)		$	6.67
February 28, 2025			1,225,100			$	4.87			$	0.00

Schedule of Share-Based Payment Award, Performance Share Units, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

		Three months ended
		February 28,				February 29,
		2025				2024
Weighted-average assumptions used to value PSU awards:
Expected volatility of Company shares			—				42.5	%
Expected volatility of TSX index			—				29.2	%
Expected correlation between Company shares and TSX			—				78.3	%
Expected term of PSUs (years)			—				3
Risk-free interest rate			—				4.22	%
Number of PSUs granted			—				886,800
Weighted-average grant-date fair value			—			$	4.20

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