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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
* J; D; U7 {: h+ o+ j9 mmy 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
  
7 K/ F: x" j. o, U- v& Yis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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* O/ e, v2 @! `$ g0 R6 R# E; O( Uthe current price look at this link  
* c6 m; @/ p5 I+ k+ Dhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!
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3 E- n; N7 Z, J* J  H5 EWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
* E  Y5 T- Q* v4 E8 r600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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$ t2 `. I; r2 t; X0 q5 k1 cOther 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,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
2 i/ U( e* s- ^. Zasked 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  
2 O- w2 i6 }6 `& q  V/ ^exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
$ j. \( m: ]! X5 r0 yadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=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  
- n6 k$ V. ]) w. p+ ^4 ]4 xgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
  e5 z2 d% y/ |us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
0 u9 r( {8 `6 y# C1 sadmitted 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  
+ o5 m, W/ u( ]3 J+ ZAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
+ c% c; Z9 @3 {* h$ Ffrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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# J  ?' H7 \. z4 D$ u( s* CMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
: e. S* H  D6 j3 ]- Zis 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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, I+ Y7 n6 d: q2 b4 Z  Cinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
* N- O. D7 s& m; E- M- pgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank 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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