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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  
( K& a6 u2 i3 Z/ h2 y8 l6 ain one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
4 O  x3 ?1 I! ^: Sis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
% |- Q& q4 ?" P; g/ Lincrease in housing cost!
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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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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
0 g0 O5 x& q- @% B# O6 G, W  [- tincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
: y/ j" b5 K! I, I* `asked to look for a residence on open market.
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# D( V2 Z) p$ ~1 m/ g$ R7 x" oWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
1 B' M9 f3 F1 p2 y3 y) v4 y7 V2 Iexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
8 U: a4 M3 j) P& v. _admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
2 g* |7 M/ J' c7 k% [9 U, _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  
* Q$ D3 a6 {( dus) 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.

Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
' M  m- B+ |  I8 ]from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
! [& o/ n* t( G2 x4 E0 N9 ]) J9 ?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  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please 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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