Hands Off Our Education!
Join the fight for students’ rights! Students across Ontario are protesting the government’s threats to OSAP funding, student services, fair admissions and affordable tuition.
Education is a right, not a privilege. We will continue to organize and demand accessible and free education. Take action with TMSU and learn more about the Hands Off! campaign below:
November 5, 2026: Students across Ontario are walking out for students’ rights for ALL.
Why walk out? Students are taking a stand against unfair policies around OSAP cuts, higher tuition fees, threats to campus services, and increased policing in schools.
November 5th, 2026 is our provincial Day of Action. Walk out and join the campus rally at 1:00 PM at Gould & Victoria Street (next to Lake Devo)!
Add your name to the thousands of students calling for fair and accessible education. Plus, email your Member of Provincial Parliament to reach your representative(s) directly.
Show your solidarity! Customize your own printable & shareable endorsement graphic and add your group/union name to the Hands Off! campaign site.
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Background
Since the passing of Bill 33 (“Supporting Children and Students Act”) in the Ontario legislature on November 19, 2025, the Hands Off! campaign has now become an all encompassing campaign aimed at building student power and mobilizing to reverse these detrimental changes.
The Ford government announced multi-sector changes to Ontario’s public post-secondary education system, including changes to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) and an end to the tuition freeze introducing a 2% annual increase in tuition fees for the next three years.
Under the new changes to OSAP, non re-payable grants which previously made up as much as 85% dropped to a maximum of 25% while OSAP loans increased to a minimum of 75%. This forces students to take on more debt than ever before. It means more debt, higher costs, more barriers for students who are already struggling with the high cost of living, rent, food, and housing.
We’ve seen these attacks before. From the passing of Bill 33 in 2025, to the 2019 cuts to OSAP and the persistent underfunding of post-secondary education – the very cause of the current crisis in the sector. Students continue to bear the burden of provincial failures. But we cannot and will not stop.
We will continue to organize and demand for accessible and free education. Education is a right, not a privilege.
OSAP & Tuition Changes: February 2026
On February 12th, MCURES (the Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence and Security) made a significant announcement impacting post-secondary education and students in the province. Read more about the government’s investment in education, OSAP grant cuts and removal of the tuition freeze below:
- Government of Ontario: Ontario Investing $6.4 Billion to Support Postsecondary Sector’s Long-Term Success and Sustainability (February 12, 2026)
- CFS-ON (Instagram): Let’s break it down (February 13, 2026)
- Tales from the unraveling of OSAP (The Eyeopener) (March 24, 2026)
- ‘It’s All of Us or None of Us’: Ontario Student Groups Prepare Action Plan In Response to OSAP Cuts (On The Record News) (March 2, 2026)
- How different is OSAP funding this year in the wake of provincial grant cuts? Returning students weigh in (CBC News)
Bill 33 (Supporting Children and Students Act, 2025): June 2025
Bill 33 passed in Queen’s Park (Ontario Provincial Parliament) in November 2025, despite protests from student activists. Read more about the Bill and its impacts on student services, admissions and policing in schools below:
- CFS-ON Statement: Bill 33 is a Distraction to the Underfunding of Post-secondary Education (June 5, 2025)
- CFS-ON (Instagram): Doug Ford’s government is WRONG (September 11, 2025)
- Ontario Federation of Labour: Stop Bill 33
- Ontario’s Bill 33 expands policing in schools and will erode democratic oversight (The Conversation)
- Parents, teachers protest bill that could bring back police officers in schools (CBC News)