About 75 students took to the streets around campus at the University of Windsor to protest funding cuts to post-secondary education.
The province announced it is cutting tuition by 10%, but students fear restructuring to OSAP and financial assistance will eat up the reduction in tuition and more.
As well, students are concerned about the losses that will be experienced as the university has to find the savings.
At the University of Windsor, the cut to tuition means finding $10-million in savings.
Students heard speeches and marched around campus during the lunch hour.
Rally organizer Angela Zhu says the changes to OSAP will make life more difficult for students.
"I have studied a bit of bankruptcy law and when I hear restructuring, I hear layoffs and we losing out. We can't afford that, I know that I'm going to be finishing law school with $40,000 in debt."
Zhu calls the changes are offensive.
"He [Premier Doug Ford] claims that if he makes these changes, they will reduce barriers to education but anybody who has taken 5th Grade math knows, that a 10% cut in tuition fees does not make up for the thousands of dollars we lose every year from our OSAP grants," she says.
A noon hour protest at the University of Windsor. January 24, 2019 (Photo by AM800's Teresinha Medeiros)
University of Windsor Student Alliance President Jeremiah Bowers says students must stand up to the government.
"This is an attack, students aren't tolerating it, students across the province are mobilizing. Today, we have the rally in Windsor and tomorrow is a rally at Queen's Park in Toronto."
Students held signs reading "Everyone deserves access to education" and "An education shouldn't mean a debt sentence."