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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  
/ P) ^# A1 N% r3 t  Q: J& h680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
; a1 |' T8 a( @) _0 sis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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6 N* H- Q# g/ G) x. Z: a  athe current price look at this link  
* o4 U, \0 l1 v1 mhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!
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; u, [2 K1 c9 P# FWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
( R! e1 G, q7 p: L' j$ {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  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
/ s3 I! H% W$ l. }, i* fdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
9 N# L4 x5 o  F% L" G; `! u0 Eand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
' J8 G, F( e8 k$ N5 P1 @asked 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  
: }. n  R3 Q4 X6 p5 ?; N2 N2 xexactly 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  
% k* j' @) [6 E( d9 k" o" {: [& Utuition 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  
, M- K+ j/ U7 o6 @$ Lgetting 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  
admitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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  K  E) x$ _( U! J2 oAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
1 B5 D+ B. ~' yAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
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students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
' v  k  {/ u( i* K; w7 his to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
& n& o! |: m. K0 H5 z. {( hespecially 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  
/ p6 M) A; ^4 T$ ]2 l  jgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

$ q: i) ^% B/ {4 q. |; O; g/ W3 O$ FPlease 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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