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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
- f9 [, L$ ]% k4 J/ ?my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
8 E  h& {4 z& }. }680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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) }" u8 h+ a' m1 `5 {is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
" M9 ?: r! {% v* Z/ J+ f5 mthe current price look at this link  
; x6 m4 \' ]& B1 w/ Zhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
( r- {3 D& m9 U9 Iincrease in housing cost!

While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
/ A; K& C( _% m' }Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
. c( {+ q! Q: \the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.
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: g+ M/ u; J' m5 p) g2 [While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
" P+ v4 i. Z. D1 g( ]increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
$ `  j" [" x' \. i' `, iexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
. O! P0 n$ o6 ]admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
6 g. \5 `$ i, e, d* G9 d/ Ituition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
* P% y/ w* V! f. v4 d9 O* }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  
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  
& i5 o. S, @; w! c4 K7 lAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
+ F6 n3 Q: Q1 O# \/ lfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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/ _. ?4 r/ k" M0 ]: _+ R  cMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
9 T+ P. s/ f$ `& xespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
4 x( k7 v- W6 g" q# s- bgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please 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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