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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  
. v4 X- M& E2 Y1 B2 Y* Pin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
. S8 D; V+ M( X- y  S) j+ r680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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) e: d4 u& [: Lis 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  
# s( O2 s: l: Y+ o% ]. f9 w, Rhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
# s, h5 O4 u2 h  ?  X4 p3 [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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& V* x9 M3 [+ W1 L% zOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
2 B7 y' E* A. p% R& q6 Aincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
3 x1 ~& B1 V9 m4 u  T5 adifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
& Q* j- j) p5 Wand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
! o; n" i( G1 oasked to look for a residence on open market.
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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  
8 l' L' o8 R% M* T, P2 e# ladmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
5 H! C# Y' i3 i( E1 etuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
1 `  N6 [! S9 c" ~9 Pimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
/ P# o* @4 I3 hgetting 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  
) [. E$ V+ f+ h% N0 ^' wadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.

Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
: P6 B2 I8 B4 T0 T+ @# x' jfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
/ o2 z9 {$ t# d1 O! h8 L5 fstudents 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
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
/ J% Q3 y" I+ M! d+ xgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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6 R* B5 Y! m& b" {- z7 APlease 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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