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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
% [, P$ O  q9 m) [/ _: Gmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
8 j5 d& \0 T: p" D7 \in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 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
  
+ X: {0 C; g( ?5 J. b% U' Qthe current price look at this link  
7 Z# O4 e; _0 ?" d. X# }- U: bhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
' z( V/ }$ c, G/ Dincrease in housing cost!
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: U; Y% h! j6 ^1 {- `3 hWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
# x5 e1 g7 _& X5 |. |9 n# u600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
# V3 C( U/ d; V! v2 Zincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
. N2 j% E9 ?* c/ k8 `differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
* k% j2 ?# M1 o' Hthe 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.

While 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  
: E. F$ a7 w$ e4 X0 k6 X6 Wtuition 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  
5 r" S. T# {6 q8 Z  y! Y' }% r' p$ Bgetting 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  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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' j! o7 Z9 |# B8 N5 ~- y# `My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
" S& g7 S+ j- ?3 v5 iespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
' J7 |1 `1 G2 X/ \graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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) `! p& }3 X6 I' Z$ VPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
. M$ B, {$ h+ pThank 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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