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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
: J. ^9 |% Y1 K" I7 B( gin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
: W0 {+ g5 U0 s& i- ]" Q680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
9 U* z; A* E- J6 E: a1 A4 o6 kis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
% S0 ~: d7 `0 {the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
0 ~& a/ c/ E# s0 S# iincrease in housing cost!
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) c  U/ H+ R$ U) i2 N5 r2 YWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
' X% S0 F3 m# g: {' Q* f9 \600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
  R# W/ Z1 F2 R0 i; Rincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
4 y# }+ p$ w- j5 ~) wand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
- L6 O" v1 s4 u5 uasked to look for a residence on open market.

5 h1 M+ @& n7 H$ ]: bWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
" x) j% y7 ~) T2 lexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
; i8 r# {% u! c, P# ~admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
# w& G4 I7 Y  D=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
6 m% y+ N* }* C6 P- S5 `' ktuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
  Q+ P. [0 e, }; \imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
+ Y) G4 J8 h) Mgetting 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  
  A: k. m1 h9 k1 x0 ]0 Zadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.

" w, ]% s* p2 i! W( x; r7 M# t7 nAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
" Y- C! i9 u5 L+ PAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
- _" ?. F! u; f4 J3 U* Vstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

( f3 V* P2 n' f* K3 M% n- o2 X% ]My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
4 L& B: `  `% h: ?7 {( x# Mis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
: w* R7 `9 \4 d/ T+ g, |/ c9 Qinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
; V7 P# ~( b4 R5 _% Rgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
! O$ Q" h, W: H$ W: E. r7 TThank you all
2 E  J% K+ H5 e" ~Ali

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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