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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and , v. h0 g L" T! [, w4 T k& ]8 x8 B
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment : \+ H' W! R, o
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for
4 Q; M+ N' S# C: }680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment* X5 k& x) `9 `. ^
# f% m& I K+ t9 w3 f, ?2 o4 j, Uis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for1 J H+ V6 i& d6 i* D
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the current price look at this link
* P7 h: W' [- ?# Y* p- Ohttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100% " H- G( o' \5 R4 _7 G j
increase in housing cost!9 D- S: l: c- [
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying
- ]( h0 j& I: o0 R600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university 2 s/ e' r& @; U6 D2 H3 d* O
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international ) A6 W* `; G, L6 F" e& {$ T7 ~+ U
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this, 2 ~7 q" Y0 M% C4 k4 x: Q8 ~# e
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers $ E- z& {3 X5 E9 k2 V9 m+ B
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were , @2 _+ U: p9 W% p$ c- e ]" Q
asked to look for a residence on open market.
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& K) Z0 b3 |+ a I! F& G/ aWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has ; J! u3 _3 y. u; }% p& T. d
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid / e* D% s8 K9 {# q2 L' I
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our
7 A! _' Q) v& V+ k9 ^admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students 6 P$ [! f- ?: j8 e3 b
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after 5 P, C+ k- A- F9 b' @+ o+ ^# v
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just - b/ R& p3 ]" o. A
imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am
$ G, L `" L( b: bgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of
( F" q/ m% z6 f6 r5 w5 x6 Q! Bus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was
8 M. _4 u. `& i K. y+ k R5 A# Eadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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+ h; F; w2 k# U. H( OAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of & I, m7 M: U* h- ]9 R: j
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants ' G! G1 J# o& _& Q
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate
8 ?; V6 Z- F/ h! O+ vstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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" h8 e; _/ N# Q& |My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention ! W. }" T* G- L. \3 U/ E
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and
. k8 P" g/ h, pespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take1 m$ a/ S" c2 h
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for
% |: B3 b9 w9 L" z# Rgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?4 D- Z9 A8 O4 Q) }" M& w7 t
) m+ x4 n- U- g4 y8 _; G4 `Please come with your experiences and ideas.
. q) m- f, \% @+ IThank you all3 o1 t8 i, ^2 L2 }
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