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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
$ i9 K4 _2 L7 a4 b) a# ~my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
& C1 N! |3 G/ v9 n680 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
  
the current price look at this link  
3 M9 l* D1 Q6 R- a; {- U" s, Bhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
4 A' e3 t. _: t/ r5 }/ a, f0 Pincrease in housing cost!

. ?5 n) D$ [2 W/ SWhile 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  
increases 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  
8 w* D; ~' w+ Rasked to look for a residence on open market.
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2 w7 x( W+ ?. L7 EWhile 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  
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  
: T% r  t$ ]% s1 C' |! j# O3 nimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
- A' T7 X+ _7 ^; i. vgetting 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.

Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta 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.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
6 E' M5 M: _9 \/ aespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
6 L- o1 N2 f1 t6 B' n9 z. Y1 Finitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
; T, z# e, }" i( tgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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, c1 O5 s  [2 {4 s0 c) ~6 z& tPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
/ U+ G2 j/ v" g+ sThank 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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