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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
! u: m3 ~8 _& z+ Dmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
: D9 Y3 X, ?8 }2 C1 `9 V( Y; D& t7 \in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
* A  F' q' X7 k! V  ~  M3 {' B# e680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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- u3 W2 D+ w) a) ^" a$ vis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
* a* H( x9 J* {' F& Qhttp://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  
3 Q+ A# o. ~( Q8 W5 P& ~600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
. g; `5 i8 _" J- l6 xOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
, T! @! n9 D/ j3 l% `: H9 Cincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
4 }2 ?: i/ a" Bthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
% O" J! W5 X4 c1 t8 {8 _asked to look for a residence on open market.

While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
! e7 B  H7 ^. ]3 i+ _increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
: G- ^7 X+ D& f* X; [7 e8 P# [exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
+ R+ T$ @0 \0 ?4 d7 W$ K2 i* ladmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
( J$ a) n( y$ O. X  G=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  
0 m  ?3 K& d) [3 E6 O4 Tgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
; x5 e. H' A- H  N) ~4 k: r1 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.
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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
6 M# e8 i% `! Y) o$ q5 M8 xAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
8 m0 j' n/ b" i+ G3 efrom 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  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
' P: l& G% m$ p1 K4 M+ \% O; f  }. W. Despecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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2 f$ Y! W8 E. p, z/ T" Vinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

. l3 d% Z4 O- N8 U) L9 h1 jPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
7 A" M  n% Y0 W) D9 NThank 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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