Post-secondary students protest Ford government OSAP changes, tuition hikes

Global News · Olivia Bowden, Colin D'Mello · 2026-11-05 20:35 UTC

Thousands of students brandishing signs that state “Hands Off Our Education!” marched across a swath of campuses to draw attention to an “attack on education."

Students across 15 post-secondary campuses in Ontario walked out Thursday to protest the Ford government’s revoking of students’ Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) funding, hikes to tuition fees and allegations of government interference in university and college affairs.

Thousands of students brandishing signs that state “Hands Off Our Education!” and “Hands Off Our OSAP!” marched across a swath of campuses, including the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa, to draw attention to what the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) is calling an “attack on education” by Premier Doug Ford and his government.

“Education is a right and students are prepared to fight for it,” said Leah St. Germain, an OCAD University student with the CFS Ontario at Queen’s Park Thursday.

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