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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
/ e. A- ~) ?9 x% ?8 smy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
  b/ U+ [( J2 q7 }6 a680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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2 E0 i, s8 N+ |! |  H/ K. k) r  b1 dis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
' }6 i0 L  k& D" X) n( ?http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
+ l6 }2 ]( g7 E% [. E7 Y5 |increase in housing cost!
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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.
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, C& z* k8 I- W6 IOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
+ d, @+ k% f# p% e& `; Uincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
% b( b1 S* P' O6 J% U) \the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
4 C2 ^+ y& A( {% [and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
# L2 Y7 Y5 r, X& U  Masked to look for a residence on open market.

While 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  
$ f" _, j- D! ^, I8 l8 nadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
& u6 {# `# Z9 ~=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
( V% t; Y2 z5 |/ i# `tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
9 m. q; f% s# S4 o. |; j% E% c7 Simagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
7 e5 l1 K, r) V! R) rgetting 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.

Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
$ V8 r: Y4 |& k3 c, U2 ?; hstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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) ~, S+ v3 v, D( @My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
: }& b( P0 n' T! n- _is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
( ^- p! k% A, R# B+ R& z9 @* sespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
; h" y  M/ F' k4 J$ [initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
0 j4 \! i% s* t2 z6 xgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
! ]' T/ t% S. j- b! R7 ~- p$ _1 ZThank you all
Ali

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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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