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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
. m6 I8 R- ]$ r9 Gmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
3 z# R1 f' x( }5 J- ]. Y680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
; h  b. M- y( P0 [5 s* W; Q$ d- d8 \the current price look at this link  
http://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  
/ D6 ]5 {- ^, {* y8 A600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
, o9 v) y, Q$ b* i: D# wdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
" b* D; D! |4 D$ `% y. I/ C5 Q! x. j. Dthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
& K& y3 ?1 l! l! t* X' Y: F. A% Uasked to look for a residence on open market.
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/ e1 K0 k/ t5 ?6 |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  
4 J5 ?0 Q/ [( w3 {/ {admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
; N2 d2 z" n& Y# d3 Q+ F5 U- P5 |+ t4 _=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
% J/ V& Y( }: f  L1 _tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
/ \8 A! B/ k5 S  W. z, v9 J6 @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  
) {. }. G. m4 x: G+ x) \admitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.

* |6 r$ v# ]; _* R/ n+ ]! qAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
. _. Z/ R" R5 Q7 _Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
7 b3 t4 r4 V6 J2 `! O1 v5 ostudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
9 k" H0 X7 p7 Y, w, gis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
5 ^1 d, M8 t) x5 @! Wespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
0 R# H: x3 l( u& T2 v# Ginitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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# U( o, J/ W1 H3 ~; pPlease 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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