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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  
4 z" |0 K6 y+ h/ d0 @' F680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
6 I" E2 U; e  g, Kthe current price look at this link  
7 Z5 `2 c% f' |% X% D4 V% whttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
0 s3 Q$ `$ {8 Pincrease 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.
  
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,  
) o# N/ v7 g/ h% {  @  q: H' F  Xthe 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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While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
: ~8 W; C! |; \! b, W  |increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
: B; Z& P4 l! I4 f  Xadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
/ H) m# a$ @8 a1 O% `# D. H=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
5 c( \# O# I5 j6 v4 a' \* X( q) M# etuition 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  
! H' M( y* p; K& ladmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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( s  S& |) K5 J6 AAlso 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  
& x7 c; n. c0 W2 x# H+ L& ]1 `4 r1 Mstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
  |3 I: {9 o; Y7 Q! ]. ]; F9 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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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
+ C# m6 _' e+ U( _# @# Qgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
$ F# @) |0 M, }6 O1 A0 d1 DThank 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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