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抗议学校助学金太少!

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2007-8-10 21:16 | ʾȫ¥ |Ķģʽ
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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  $ p2 V# |& M/ e" O
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  % i7 z& q8 c1 `. [* P
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  ) |4 A6 T1 D3 W2 Y( e6 R5 K
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment1 B4 \" T' U. I* |" o6 b
  
% n# p9 b2 P. R& {9 C8 Eis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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* z8 ~/ K& M) \: p" }, k6 w4 cthe current price look at this link  2 r0 s8 }! ]3 P$ w
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  + B. Z: E9 ]: V8 n
increase in housing cost!4 g0 Q3 `) o( R. U% \

. e6 a6 Y' u, n$ }While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I抦 paying  
* }1 @/ g+ Q9 i3 C600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.+ C* |5 Z' E+ k
  
1 t/ ~8 _- O8 {; Z& ?  {Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
1 z5 H2 d1 F/ b7 y( ]increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  3 d2 ~% c( Y/ M9 K
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  1 Q& h- r2 Y. O# D
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
0 z  Z8 w" @; y  M+ @% D% sand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were    B8 }' c  U! h- Y! K+ J
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  
3 H$ M. u5 y3 O; h! @+ x/ Vincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  1 E6 ]# o. v' H& P
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  6 N6 g* S/ j) P8 k6 M
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  7 @( H% I, ^+ H& x2 x( c- `
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
# u: |* S/ l+ O# N% ?0 Stuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  ; z5 P) m" u$ b6 o
imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  # t8 k; y# z. n4 K
getting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
' ]1 p/ w& F% J, W5 ]' Aus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  $ S! z" p: O# q: x" O9 o4 g3 B6 _
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  ) N* [- l( l& i5 M9 {
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  , q# [% p; s3 i0 d. X
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  ( f3 L- Q+ V+ |
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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8 E8 d/ k' R) {1 _- iMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention    G& }$ {, V" p1 N3 q! y
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  & U* `+ C2 ]( \) k, a) J, {6 w
especially international students. Isn抰 it time for the GSA to take
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  1 L; o9 P- `1 j2 z; x
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?5 _6 i* e$ I: D- b" h

2 Y$ `' C8 ^: l! u" h' a  YPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
" w( q) d  u" u- w  l7 FThank you all7 N# f1 ^1 t+ W" m: |
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2007-8-10 22:07 | ʾȫ¥
It is true. Nobody cares about the international students. They are just making money from us.
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2007-8-10 22:56 | ʾȫ¥

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楼上的,有什么好笑的,还笑出声来了
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