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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  
! L' ^3 S. [* L1 V! t% a" P680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
& W5 t7 g, o( W6 x  uthe current price look at this link  
) p0 `5 J2 g9 z5 y3 B& z. vhttp://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.
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- Q, v9 I' i9 n& JOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
5 H. v0 N6 s0 g2 O. m( c. ~+ \4 }- {differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
( J. e, Q# y- I2 K3 z% |( |2 }the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and 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  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
9 N. m6 ^, z1 s" P* {/ L" J; P/ Oadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
& x! R. U* q1 R% Y) _tuition 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  
6 Y- g; _4 j  \6 F( yus) 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.

/ Z$ k$ p) b" x/ {2 H( e7 x' PAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
: h7 m, B0 d7 T' n6 o+ o6 ]/ `Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
( Y5 h1 o4 F' C- e% H8 ifrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

6 P# B  P! O* QMy 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
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3 q* B) m% M3 X1 T8 iinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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3 A) M9 B+ t/ H* \: _! \( gPlease 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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