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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
% O' L* V0 M3 H/ {' N; gmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
1 V9 t: W+ Z9 {8 vin 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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9 W) P; x1 @- ^# ^is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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the current price look at this link  
; b8 S! v* R( C- j7 p- U4 Zhttp://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  
0 G9 X. v8 x+ L1 v& ?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  
+ @' K% a4 @6 e. u& h- Gincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
8 E% h: N# M$ h2 Q# C$ F& mdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
  U. w! J( l7 h2 p0 t' b) athe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
1 I3 W7 d9 c4 M3 w& Sand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.

6 }/ [! N* U( C+ k$ Y& A5 oWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
1 ?" ]9 |" n/ F0 I* W/ Tincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly 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  
% K: Z, v. t2 `; {: ~$ `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  
' `& v' r$ e. j8 y" T, ~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  
# W' a- F0 j# f* OAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
( I! n; B2 P' j3 T1 ]from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
! H+ s" N  N% istudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
: Z. \6 [. b$ W3 ~( U/ ?+ R+ zis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
" y) q7 X/ H& D2 `especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
) ]8 `3 |. k6 [0 d3 ninitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
5 Z/ u) C# V& R4 s. `1 s: |7 tgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
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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