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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
9 {; N, d% _. r$ U4 ^* a9 pmy 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
  
5 V# l" i$ j, q- b2 x$ Sthe current price look at this link  
* b! D0 ~9 z: p* v7 O% C1 S& ~http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
+ `! K$ O: N7 }# tincrease in housing cost!
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! ^0 M5 j* t3 U: fWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
9 e6 J* U! i9 c) j* rdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
: y( b, \* t, \( E3 k  j# [; Dand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
3 W  w1 k7 @$ i$ O* c" _asked to look for a residence on open market.
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# V# N! |* N  c. iWhile 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  
, q6 K) Z2 I# b. O0 q0 Wadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
0 n+ ]. R! H' j8 H) d$ I! T=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  
getting 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  
% d' L5 a, ?) U4 s3 b- tadmitted 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  
0 D8 X: c$ `3 c$ T# G2 `+ \# c9 oAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
7 s+ O2 F. D6 F" k( ]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  
; E$ k$ x: |, w3 J2 w% R" lis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
; c1 Y) M6 g5 p& H! m9 Minitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

$ y7 k. U  a& t0 t& zPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
) V" }. f+ Y* c# t4 n) EThank 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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