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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
1 ?+ N! l9 E+ R3 Y% z$ }my 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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0 ^9 I5 J1 V) ^$ @/ Q# Gis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!

While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
0 j+ |& a/ _: L- \% q7 W0 c600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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2 C* v6 G3 p* `- x- Z; P* ^Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
: r3 c8 `) O  _- kdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
1 Q( k6 z. b. s2 Y1 f( z/ J4 Iand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
* J: T2 ~% X. D/ M% B  oasked to look for a residence on open market.
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/ @6 F* P9 @: M2 \% K6 DWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
: \! g1 i( `# O& K$ C5 gincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
2 r( p$ u) Y+ {+ R! k/ n9 Aexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
, j# _+ v2 K2 p3 ]" M0 l0 ladmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
: G6 |+ J! x* S# F6 x) M, qtuition 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  
2 o. w: p3 W+ \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.
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) d" e9 X4 w1 w7 `3 KAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
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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  
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especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
1 k6 P" y/ {7 P# qgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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9 |8 O0 `, W" X0 D% y# Q1 c$ RPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank 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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