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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
! o+ K9 t. p$ \% C% I8 F% N8 Imy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
- `! o0 y% D2 u( V; s680 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
  
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  
9 n3 v+ t. S% D" s* Z600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
- C# J, j3 X  g0 N% k+ eOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
3 ^; G$ K3 O1 ^+ N3 jthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
" Y" i) K: y! Yand 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  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
( t% k  G! t2 t0 e( p1 _6 {exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
. _3 u' f# i7 |' d- s* h9 b$ t! e* Qadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
, A9 o" S) o9 z1 O& X  m, g=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
! ^0 W, C; ]+ H, `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  
7 S: }3 E# \$ P- pus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
- x0 V* |! Q2 A: f4 Uadmitted 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  
- H6 g+ P/ n2 g( fAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
) B5 x* O8 y, }% K' E2 ]" v* efrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
5 @2 t1 w& @' g6 B) l) B4 d0 Gstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
. B  R6 h+ x2 e& Lis 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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0 W# T3 f- p0 X1 I! ainitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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, ?/ B+ [/ y" E& b- ^: cPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
3 B+ H/ H0 m! a" p. a- }2 y, EThank 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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