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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
$ I- C" y! z* O5 J- }% i8 Q0 |1 Zmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
+ N3 d* }" `$ U+ Z) Y5 Z- u680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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. k! n1 g5 e) X: P+ Bis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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$ U# n# q+ e8 H# |/ V+ O3 z- ]) Pthe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!

9 ]5 {3 F" h0 n, c" z8 s, `" MWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
- u/ j  u* {9 \0 j; s  E' b600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
9 j; Y9 K% g: r/ xOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
$ }( }$ U! H: @' d  N) Jincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
  t8 z) j  D/ \: A6 K9 Ddifferential 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  
1 s/ N/ e; M8 uasked to look for a residence on open market.

) v- I. j; B. ?3 EWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
& j" g" D3 D* i  d7 _0 H/ F! ?& Mexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
& K* v; f, O" B8 _# w, B; ], nadmission 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  
9 F8 u" y# t; {: k- K& Y/ z" ^imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
9 u" B, {7 L, A* l' G5 }: m7 l9 ~9 igetting 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  
; O. m' |  e: x( P2 aadmitted 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  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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% ?+ t' k! L: f9 x2 U: mMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
# c1 r2 f# _+ N. e4 Dis 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  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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% s5 o1 `" T/ {* ^3 IPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
$ t! e; }( @; B* ]  j) EAli

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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