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man888

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  
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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is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
) m& `! f* J+ @" t+ G+ g7 Iincrease in housing cost!

: G! Y- y) `; n9 q7 |While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
, |4 t) e' v$ i9 f# u* ]/ x/ |600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
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,  
6 p9 Z3 f/ h8 o$ F4 Dthe 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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5 j6 C. U8 |1 F" r* v9 jWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
2 Z+ o" Z& o; Radmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
tuition 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  
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  
: Q7 q7 |: }: i; v7 k/ LAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
8 A# P# Z' h2 Z: S6 ?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
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) I; z! E/ X1 Q* minitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
  p7 J" S) J* u; ?2 F1 Y5 xgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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: h! H; Q: g# s5 c% a- F2 |' WPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
' _# [2 q5 |7 v" k* i, c/ w1 }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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