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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
" B* W5 I3 U9 J/ i% _my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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* j; ]% g# W9 ~1 O. Gis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
: i' x. Q" Y2 Cthe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
5 j+ I/ ~* X7 `# B  J& D5 O. W* W600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
( o8 G9 f4 `- COther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
9 o2 |3 V1 ^/ Q3 }, B/ V4 jincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
3 X8 h3 }  H! i8 [# n( wdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
, C4 o% X8 E! Rthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
" R5 ~' O/ V5 C0 ~' ]& {6 ]asked to look for a residence on open market.
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* p) _4 E+ J& R4 [5 eWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
* m/ W: T9 I: H' O5 ]exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
! |; m# G6 D9 Y8 badmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
7 E. K7 r/ }5 K5 m7 ]/ x% rtuition 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  
7 I$ r6 m. P$ n( W) q! p) egetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
/ ?, [) J9 R/ m* Pus) 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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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
4 T7 u* j$ x# K  f. B+ l" lstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
) s# |/ `) {9 ?. l/ O( Mis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
4 \: F* a! O! g3 H" ]2 u+ e& ^4 Dgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
- W% H/ e" p6 MThank 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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