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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
( z2 v' r; t9 k, ~' amy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
' u0 @5 B4 t' Nin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
0 s. q; O, Q( B  z680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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" M6 {$ t! w- g: ^is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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& m8 b, d) s" m3 P# Mthe current price look at this link  
2 @+ ^+ i0 A5 \http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
  E7 `; s7 y( N$ r+ K" _increase in housing cost!
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! c& p/ |) C1 D1 TWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
6 [7 U2 H3 `0 X! c7 G, t4 {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,  
8 I  o& j- a. Pthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
5 g5 k1 B: m3 g7 T3 yasked to look for a residence on open market.

, L* e( a- d8 J4 NWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
; D% n$ F1 l: d0 B# l/ ?5 eincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
: f' B9 F" Z' \) Z  g" u7 B, ^4 ?exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
% E/ E" A& C$ r; x( [& z9 S# kadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
" n, K0 {+ y" X, s! _2 C=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  
: ^/ e* V. m- d0 ggetting 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  
- v7 `8 f: L3 |3 w$ l0 e% V+ E/ |( z" jadmitted 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  
8 m9 l  }& F9 X+ S  Astudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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7 y0 Z" ]# ]  ?$ f6 o) a( lMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
5 e! J4 V& T( @7 t3 w9 iis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
8 e/ r6 K- m) p- J7 Uespecially 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  
" k" C, i1 D& y1 Fgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
# i- ^' Y# X9 O( Y( m& _8 HThank 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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