鎶楄��瀛︽牎鍔╁�﹂噾澶�灏戯紒

man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
+ O+ Y4 S- }: X' H* C9 P5 S3 ?' gmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
: [% g. S, q5 m- S( n! Y680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
! }. v( y, _" I0 v1 cis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
1 G  P$ t) `# l6 \) j  
the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
5 o& m7 X/ \+ Rincrease in housing cost!

+ _+ P( c  ^. j& Z  P7 XWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
( v, a/ e% U5 d% k6 R  
Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
2 \' B. W% I. sincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential 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  
0 b( L2 ^& O9 [2 l/ r8 nasked to look for a residence on open market.
$ a0 k/ L$ }% P* d, L1 f- k8 z
While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
8 k6 V+ v, e& ]% ]increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
" {: T3 T" k, o- q. wadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
! Z% X8 q" C  P' g$ T=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
8 Z! ?5 D5 A9 K5 ^# I% `0 ?4 ]$ ?  Dtuition 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  
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.

# T) h5 s0 E5 b! d0 FAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
& A4 l! ?1 g; v( V: G0 W! XAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
) Y& X) `" @$ A# k( D1 t, F% q) bfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
9 A: j& V+ B5 o* J! o
My 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
  
initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
8 m: A" F' f% w* Kgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

/ d* `' P2 w5 i7 ^# |9 XPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
, s+ U  @4 S% K# R$ Q  C6 W7 kAli

lischka

It is true. Nobody cares about the international students. They are just making money from us.

椹�鐢蹭

L o L

man888

妤间笂鐨勶紝鏈変粈涔堝ソ绗戠殑锛岃繕绗戝嚭澹版潵浜�