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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
  
; i) ~) T. ?+ I  Cis 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%  
/ A2 l' C$ t) F: j7 R7 Pincrease in housing cost!

- D) ~/ r! w1 ^5 UWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
" W! c3 L: V  b4 J+ a600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
+ i  A3 [" u, f/ i+ Kincreases 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  
$ g  W, m( A9 G# e, A$ |# t4 kand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.
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- v% S: g" E& @8 {( \While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
. K. {& O: X! B3 ?6 f: Zincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
4 t! b1 p1 h2 Q% `9 U8 S- @( Fexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
9 W) t2 ]' ~) p! ~) n3 G5 aadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
: I" D5 G; T0 K: Mtuition 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  
# S* U' ^/ p, @9 }( d  B& U- sgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
- R3 d, E) \; k& L* B% i. Aus) 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  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
2 L( ~$ [: `1 i0 T; Z/ A1 afrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
9 a- r, m8 A& y+ Rstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
% r6 {# T. F& A9 lis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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/ H+ T  M' H. ~4 O' Linitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
) r7 h1 ^7 P( D& J. f5 R# y& N1 pgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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1 ^) {3 [6 K1 h- }6 K: W) B- EPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
6 D0 X1 u% G9 TThank 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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