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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
7 L+ N1 G, G7 v4 u# ]# ~1 A( d- hmy 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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! w2 m/ v, X# d: b. d) f' a: ~is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
4 z9 _: w* w* ~. I5 Gincrease in housing cost!

  @, ^0 [6 p7 xWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
3 U+ N  B* ~' n" U3 a600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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! q. c" T( C7 r$ ~7 E: W* BOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
. a: J# A6 h* q9 ~  t8 {increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
. k4 Z  E, P- E* R" m) m9 M' ]the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
: F7 u# A/ j, \+ yasked to look for a residence on open market.

" a& c, _+ o! J3 B; }2 R0 d0 NWhile 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  
( n' x* a. n1 m7 R+ N. L5 y& Xadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
9 L+ Y' k: ], p- w% n" v* ]tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
( D1 S5 B) b$ r2 M1 E' Pimagine 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  
* \7 H* S: z* x. ladmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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1 a! O0 A* s( C" ?* }Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
- {* e9 K( P6 tfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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+ W( e  z9 ~3 wMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
( R: t+ x; I6 g4 v0 s" ^* t! [especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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- H2 O' v& W2 J6 dinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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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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