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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  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
( r& Q" @4 l3 c9 y0 t680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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$ ~; I& ~, R/ R/ ?+ O1 T1 }5 v2 H9 Cis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the current price look at this link  
1 |+ j8 V. J; g: U, O) nhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
$ F, T9 C- N( c/ z" s/ Vincrease in housing cost!

. \: p) V( U3 ^* q3 ZWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
' `  ?, A$ [6 g2 k& U600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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$ i  ?/ C6 x8 S. [/ QOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
6 i4 V0 i- H# ^9 F& j# b4 hincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
  K9 _) I* ~9 Q* t0 s7 V- r" j& R  Ythe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
5 F; f  q: T/ e. Y( v  s2 A0 vand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
# p/ |$ h2 G+ u" Oasked to look for a residence on open market.

While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
9 d: q7 R$ q3 R" Tincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
$ p' `; X1 n8 I4 M/ z  d, h& V9 kexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
' D" t; e* `* d( F% m' hadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
* z' j- d9 u, d7 J6 e# K* M=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
imagine 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  
- p7 K5 N- S! t. }: u6 f4 ?: {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.
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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
6 x( I4 j! D& zAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
# K2 w  }2 l/ m4 U. t9 F; ffrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
: W0 ^$ J4 F$ W7 A9 J' ]students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
2 g. O7 d% X) p4 T& @- p+ Vis 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 {5 N! i9 I; `4 b' F8 h$ ~3 }" Jinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
9 w1 ~* l# w6 D$ K% j$ N- Zgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
) t# z, s$ ], O0 v* C! \/ T% nThank 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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