TORONTO, ON, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario alongside thousands of post-secondary students from across the province will be rallying against the OSAP changes and 2% tuition fee increase at Queen\u2019s Park. Students will be joined by provincial and local labour organizations, solidarity partners, and the general public; MPPs will also be in attendance. <\/p>\n
WHEN: March 4, 2026, 12:30pm
WHERE: Queen\u2019s Park, Toronto ON
WHO:<\/p>\n
Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario<\/p>\n
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU)<\/p>\n
CUPE 3902<\/p>\n
Canadian Nursing Students\u2019 Association (CNSA)<\/p>\n
Change Course<\/p>\n
Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC)<\/p>\n
Student Members of the Federation<\/p>\n
This rally is part of the CFS-Ontario\u2019s Hands Off Our Education campaign. Students demand:<\/p>\n
Grants not loans; remove all interest on OSAP loans;<\/p>\n
Stop the tuition hikes;<\/p>\n
Halt government interference on admissions, research security plans and student fees.<\/p>\n
Quick Facts: <\/p>\n
In February, MCURES announced a 2% increase to tuition fees and major changes to OSAP, capping the available grants to a maximum of 25%, while opening up to a minimum of 75% loans.<\/p>\n
On average, Ontario students graduate with $27,000 in OSAP debt, prior to the new OSAP announcement<\/p>\n
Ontario domestic student tuition is some of the highest in the country, with undergraduate students paying on average $8,000 to $10,000 per year. Domestic Ontario college students pay approximately $2,400 to $3,400 per year.<\/p>\n
Ontario has the lowest per student funding at $10,246 per student, which is $6,511 less than the national average. An estimated 28,178 currently enrolled Ontario students are not funded by the province<\/p>\n
The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario is the oldest and largest student organization in Ontario, representing over 350,000 college and university students in every region of the province.<\/p>\n
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For further information on the campaign or to set up an interview, contact: CONTACT: Adaeze Mbalaja Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario 416-925-3825 federation@cfsontario.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO, ON, March 03, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario alongside thousands of post-secondary students…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[63399,63396,9,24,63,29199,63398,63395,7323,122,124,123,63397],"class_list":{"0":"post-151657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-canadian-federation","9":"tag-canadian-nursing-students-association","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-city","12":"tag-nyc","13":"tag-ontario","14":"tag-ontario-public-service-employees-union","15":"tag-osap","16":"tag-queens-park","17":"tag-queens","18":"tag-queens-headlines","19":"tag-queens-news","20":"tag-the-canadian-federation-of-students-ontario"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Cyrielle Ngeleka, CFSO Chairperson, at c.ngeleka@cfsontario.ca<\/a>
Adaeze Mbalaja, Campaigns and Communications Coordinator, at 647-608-4074 or a.mbalaja@cfsontario.ca<\/a><\/p>\n