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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
' H: b3 |8 F7 f, J" Y680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
: o+ @" K  `$ I$ m; U) xis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
2 y4 r7 g) o7 `: F. Y0 L, W  _% Sincrease in housing cost!

While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
7 t& v7 q& x( O! ^600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
$ u2 C' @' L! T  w" J3 f& Zincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
9 F7 r* H5 r+ h+ `+ L" f& A: zdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
2 k% L4 m  _" z1 D8 F$ [/ [* H% sand 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  
$ a9 w' d5 X' w1 `# Lincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
/ n" P/ u7 C+ W3 f! a; W  P( C6 `exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
, _) s/ P0 }% u7 k0 A- \; {) Z0 badmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
& e6 h8 ]7 q, F$ L, Z' |0 H=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
( [3 E: q% m/ Y0 C4 r! ?& o! simagine 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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& \1 ~# X; t# G4 _3 XAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
* {9 v- S8 \: |7 s$ T7 D5 f7 Pfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is 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  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

1 v! y' L. E; k9 F) o# UPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
& M) H- z# R+ C: o- @  v0 ?Thank 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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