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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  
& j( M/ v' ^/ xin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
7 ]& |( F/ |7 j680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
9 \7 O. X8 _$ O* G9 Y9 Xis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
% V6 q2 z9 `: A$ C+ [% hhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!

4 ^: D4 ]: A5 o# W" p/ {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,  
( }# P9 m0 r" X+ O7 O" o1 M6 l9 wthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
- i! n1 o( x& Y5 k5 ]9 Vand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
  u6 K1 ^+ b3 l0 _8 p  Basked 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  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
admission 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  
5 ^9 l/ R# ?' u$ bimagine 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  
0 }  o( K& S  J& t+ ]  Q7 ?us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
; @$ K, p/ K" q5 X# J" u: c6 \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  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
! U5 q& j- h9 A" G) p) Astudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
% v) a: H( N5 i2 |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  
8 }1 N. w6 K0 J/ {3 J' H# xgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

% O+ b: z- t$ s  Y5 X8 EPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
) t  x* p, H9 D7 p( ~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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