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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  
# H% [  A3 V4 G+ E2 s/ o6 Y680 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
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the current price look at this link  
" h) c! _1 F1 p- Q# Ahttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!

; r$ J3 {7 o3 V8 R: BWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
. i  @/ `4 ~, z( R; i1 X( y8 m+ E600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
; f0 c$ N1 f7 cOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
& U7 Y/ o$ B# f1 @+ ~differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
: V( F; |6 R9 @  N3 Q9 _the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
0 P6 k2 m8 o; j! B2 w. N/ P: ~and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
# q* Q( C, c7 n6 h% C& v% ?asked to look for a residence on open market.
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) |/ d; X& K- P9 w  K0 r8 sWhile 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  
admission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
7 l. K1 @4 `0 ?. v  e=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  
( l  V3 m& H. V" z' v/ q, o! Madmitted 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  
& i' g! h- e! H2 D: g$ V: V3 X+ OAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
* v# ]- o2 P4 v/ l- K  Vfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
2 l% T. _( }! pstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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5 N+ G1 m4 z+ z* a  x3 |My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
8 m" Z' r6 t/ \6 s% h4 N4 w) S8 Gis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
$ _: U+ e( r% b% E+ jespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
% e0 ?1 P. G" `* ?  ?9 L! E0 p7 r3 ^initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
0 s9 L1 r$ ^# X  O# wgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
- y" K0 y# U. MAli

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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