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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
2 Z& j, F+ m% f- y) F5 umy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
+ G8 }) ?% F6 K680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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- P' c9 q3 s# e+ S+ cis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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$ o. H+ B& p7 ]* ethe current price look at this link  
/ n. T  e* _* N* T" i! Dhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!

While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
5 T( b* N9 n! w6 w* a/ SOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
$ [0 ~1 g( u7 G- ]! _6 uthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
3 t) |3 \$ G, Z) f* T8 Pand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.

While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
% B, e; @. r- l3 L2 X2 @2 \exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
1 A7 m8 ~/ D' S; {& _  x# Dadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
4 b& a: ]# ]# M  s, A) F2 s5 f  o5 ?; Jtuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
getting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
admitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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; A! n& ~; T' c3 K/ s2 s% c% cAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
% {* u, G" M- s& w% Zfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
6 n  l- @  B5 [6 y- Q$ ais to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
2 B) D$ v6 J5 P$ bespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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. h( A1 L. n  y2 ]& _, linitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
5 |% R! ~. d! {: S: v$ K2 N- {. bThank you all
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lischka

It is true. Nobody cares about the international students. They are just making money from us.

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man888

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