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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  
1 m3 Q7 f2 n9 x, Z& I2 nin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
4 k$ O0 ^, w$ H; h9 e' l; h# `( f680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
; @( A5 g- P+ t. l: rthe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
  g, x  o" |  ?- h& \! f600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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3 p7 Q0 {0 A" [2 kOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
: w* @: R9 ^" x1 P6 ^1 gincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
# Q, P7 ]5 f$ P  r* L/ X3 w( tthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
9 E6 H1 @6 W+ H& S# xasked to look for a residence on open market.
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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  
- J/ |6 }- k$ Oadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
/ e) d9 }; p8 a( e/ u  ^=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
& E% i: Z. t" U. }tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
2 T0 o3 o! U# L# ]( Z5 qimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
# _, Q4 e) G, W4 _7 Ngetting 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  
admitted 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  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
+ U1 ?* V) ?& w( v1 Afrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

5 `2 p- ^" y2 N' OMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is 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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6 {9 v0 m5 c8 l% c( l" o% X3 @; oinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
! N; R4 B, ^; ~! h: a; Y! mgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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4 e2 j+ F3 f) xPlease 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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