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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
$ ^0 ^" D' P0 e! n$ J& cmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
/ w  y& R1 o% d' q2 min one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
the 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  
& C9 F" Z) l. M3 `) F7 K600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
1 @: h0 w- }! f# \3 h# KOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
1 C6 g4 q+ z/ h4 G/ [/ f4 hincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
! I2 d# F0 f+ f% C+ J" ]the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
" W# T1 T$ d9 K& |7 H4 ]) Cand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
  n# B( t9 u" c" ~; [- sasked to look for a residence on open market.
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While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
9 M9 u) F& V$ b" Z( hincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
2 I, t- Z+ n1 h  h# b4 R% Otuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
3 J3 x+ {% |% H  n5 z0 ~imagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
. S( H* M$ v) ]" n4 l. A: J# `( ]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.
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3 x! d8 }1 Y3 K& R( o7 k) l& y9 KAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
5 ~0 `3 B, `3 n2 W. h+ aAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
) Y8 P7 F. D  {6 ]- Ystudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
, L! \; B/ R# h; L; H& i. Ais to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
5 S8 D0 r7 ]" Y6 u3 l0 Cespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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! O3 _$ R0 [6 R$ C4 d* ~, iinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
+ S7 |0 N6 i' A1 ]' |graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
, K# H: d7 D' n  `$ T  uThank 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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