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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
4 {3 x: C( n9 ^% |4 {my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
8 I1 G: V9 ^1 v6 z680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
+ l4 W, D. y' d- [( Wis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
8 @% P6 E: k5 v9 w3 l) o, ethe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
) c$ b; h+ c7 U+ y' z- {) Nincrease in housing cost!
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
4 A2 j; |& ^! F% ethe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
! U* A6 l* e# }+ X; @' c- Iasked to look for a residence on open market.

While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
& s& R7 X# y" oexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
2 y$ i+ M% b" S# v=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  
us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
' J8 k% f0 q5 f! Iadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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1 i$ r* E) z  ?. A4 r% v, tAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
/ h( q7 g/ Z7 B$ m' y4 Z/ h4 aAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
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  
  ~$ `% z& T& ~! e8 W5 P; Uis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
5 \1 n+ V3 d3 j" L" t3 Sespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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- ^% ^, @3 m+ U* O8 U8 j* FPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
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lischka

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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