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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
" j0 G6 P% X7 v8 d$ l; W0 H. I, A4 ?my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 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
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" R/ w/ W, X+ [6 q: T4 L$ Y& Lthe current price look at this link  
$ l  }" I1 }$ R" L& z9 Shttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
2 T) x7 p' r" P# |increase 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  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
* F1 a2 S" `- _9 n6 W5 j0 ?% Ythe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and 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  
# B, B4 P- y. wexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
  l  S$ V$ H& G7 X5 Kadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
* N+ s: L9 \- F5 {  u. b# H9 a) |=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
/ N( F8 T$ a& A' Ituition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
1 M4 ~+ J, j* Q0 `& ^. z7 x& jimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
. H2 G% D; j+ {+ D% Ugetting 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.

5 b$ B& p% R( ]/ ^+ m8 g* l2 rAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
+ N2 h% _/ ~" A# G+ a* q7 t; [from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
6 B8 {3 ]$ L4 }! astudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
) s: S. n& K! _8 N5 b3 [is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
. z' `2 L" ?9 L2 ]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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