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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and
4 n; T$ e9 E, {* W% Amy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment
& N" A! W) c5 _+ [in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for
7 {6 e$ T1 l0 q680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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: l" u* O. a/ Y) \8 \0 [; C" Gis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for0 ]4 g$ E' _/ I2 N- h3 t
8 A! C* b3 v4 Y7 L8 Dthe current price look at this link
1 w: Z0 F/ X5 o! E. ^http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100% 4 n9 L/ s) T1 q0 j
increase in housing cost!
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' ^7 m- J) N' LWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying % O" T' J7 z3 L p9 \
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.! ~; Y1 A; Z) _2 G; H
) C) ]( H% r6 C8 V7 n# S* T9 I/ b( SOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university
9 N7 ]) S: T( n8 q* V, Kincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international
$ n, a2 t- C9 l3 a6 O9 Qdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this, ! i1 d/ H3 E+ ?0 t8 z8 j- v
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers
. p H; p: D, v4 r0 ~% |& yand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were
, m5 C+ @: y0 ~0 K; yasked to look for a residence on open market. N- f2 [% b# Y$ w2 O6 v
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While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has
1 z3 ?: M% K6 O yincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid
/ J7 V3 ?' N+ S# n Yexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our - Z" o* k; ]4 Q7 o: [3 o2 Z6 s
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students 6 q) g, e9 J7 O/ N9 u
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after 0 R% V0 {, K: S
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just
8 M8 m5 k: t* P; F3 B# n0 T& oimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am
4 [( t5 d, ^3 V# R0 K8 h6 Fgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of ( t9 ]6 o$ q! s9 m
us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was
R3 ^. V! Q h! radmitted 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
1 ~$ r* }# a' lAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants
. o" M" L) O3 X$ `6 Q7 w: t4 T! Wfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate ! j3 h. S! d6 v3 S" H v" ?1 d
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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# {0 N: [: F9 B PMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention 4 Z# R* `3 _! V2 ^. i
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and : R2 E7 `8 Z- Z J$ {
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take: G6 \0 ^8 }% a: x0 v8 h
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for
0 _! [( _% v6 g, vgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?) a6 X' W* u- k7 r
3 Y, |3 N. w6 d1 I! ^& _Please come with your experiences and ideas.
/ y7 K; ?$ P& f4 t8 MThank you all/ X' X" F! S( C+ P2 b7 _1 S9 Y/ e
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