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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
7 W5 A* f# {7 R/ [' e" d& z9 gmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
" ?, e) Q5 S8 Y5 |in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
2 @" P7 ^, y0 Z* R680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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the 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  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
# D6 I/ T/ J$ C2 hOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
& E. A2 F/ X/ m& P" Hincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
+ }( A/ _& V3 e9 }% _! }7 E, gand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.
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3 a0 A& d9 W. w1 LWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
$ _, R) [/ D5 g$ X+ cincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
/ l% \' K4 a1 R6 \& Q; texactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
! @. `. s2 D- a! d. R' c& |: ^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  
2 U5 @0 }1 D) i# _  m& k  c" e: wus) 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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) h- t/ y; _- @( _  @# ]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  
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  
2 l: x' u4 ?: a1 S* `" U5 Fespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
! ^. ^2 Z! y' t5 R* ainitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
Ali

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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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