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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
4 a! J! z3 ^2 S" |my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
% C) E( {$ j( d3 Bin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
3 _3 l7 H  z7 m/ c, v680 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
  
: Y0 `5 L2 S) }' ythe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
( v1 M: k: V, D) |increase in housing cost!

While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
; l0 h% v2 m% l2 N600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
0 A- U- G. n9 OOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
. Q2 n/ l. ?8 O1 W  Y) V: F. e" Udifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
" X% a+ y, j( _0 m) Band most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
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  
/ ]+ O. s! K  oincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
) F8 ~8 S# K' C1 Jexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
7 ^7 }! q+ N1 C7 x6 p4 ]  X=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
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  
" e. f( }: _# v3 z* |& I% A* Z. hus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
: F, V& l# S. X, u# U/ a: k* Iadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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: e$ p, C/ l/ b% }+ `Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
" E8 d. `) v( ?. t: R/ {students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
# ]8 e' c( p+ P$ u4 fis 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  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
. Q* V8 _3 r4 b$ x- ^4 Z. ~" I. b5 ]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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