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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and
% u7 y+ @# M+ s8 v8 rmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment
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680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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6 D7 ?4 b I: q7 s( |" his more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for z7 W) h! L3 i& D, f& g
& t$ D" \' g+ p3 Q9 c% Y/ kthe current price look at this link
8 O" }5 M5 ]5 D1 d' ahttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%
" u9 b: u9 | W$ u4 ?0 u0 Aincrease in housing cost!
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying W* M C; }9 G8 ~. p$ y" }6 k
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.& }9 g1 B f1 Z+ W- r9 W6 M9 W
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university ) S+ B* |! ?: X9 H
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international % F# s' A! F0 R S$ ]; j
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,
" _. U# G/ Y* \. Pthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers
8 K. J! ]' p6 ?4 ?! m) Yand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were
# T8 @+ |0 g% w- x }6 H% K* Qasked to look for a residence on open market.
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$ l6 a( I1 X: x5 ~3 u7 mWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has
$ A, z! e3 c5 yincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid
7 r& a0 r) g9 a2 d( s3 f; n8 t& Zexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our
' j. b5 y4 i/ e xadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students
" b0 p1 @) k; a8 }# y=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after - Z" e9 K! q7 q/ g+ W% H% N
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just
4 \2 r. b a% Z" e* Oimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am
; l& g9 r, U; H# Sgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of 5 Q# w; H. _! [1 p$ y
us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was 7 d. J( c/ D% Y. B' `$ t$ n
admitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.6 l5 w, T- _* F9 x& @! Y3 {- D
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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of 1 `4 a0 ^. q+ ] O2 W, _2 @
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants % D1 U0 ]% a' S) `4 R) y5 _
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate
' }- s* ]2 n6 N+ `* Dstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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6 z; Q+ h; Y& f) xMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention + {4 M5 F; t& r1 S/ L
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and ' k, }( [& W. J* Y
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take b, j8 p5 ]/ X5 H
7 v/ T1 z' N4 N; [7 Minitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for
; p/ a s3 H; n+ f6 X2 Kgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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, k; G V" W. Y; F. c( L4 @Please come with your experiences and ideas.
8 u, X# f( {! ]$ T7 VThank you all
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