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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  
% |, ]' P6 z0 [& Cin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
3 k! e# h/ i2 f% w( R680 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
  
the current price look at this link  
5 t" ^) b* H  v6 nhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
+ i  o& {- I- ~3 i* C' Gincrease 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.
  
. O% L. g  |- [. N8 S5 {Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
9 X+ k1 p2 {2 Dincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
4 g  }& Q) q  p% k2 J: M2 ydifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
% J; y0 g$ b- D$ f  d% cthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
) S" ^- b% Z" pasked to look for a residence on open market.

/ T/ }/ |4 f1 jWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
3 M6 U& G6 ~" W. W" \increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
7 p8 y* I* T, J# \, xexactly 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  
+ D) ^  [  k/ j$ c  ~9 F; u9 jtuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
4 y5 s5 }$ u! _# O  Q  u9 aimagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
0 T" q" V8 ?' N! igetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
6 D. A  ?5 p" n! {2 a- @+ d0 mus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
  q6 v( f4 G* r- m7 T* y/ D1 oadmitted 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  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
$ m5 l* Z7 O, m! ^from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
" j8 L- W( k. |" z9 [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  
; i; r0 F) ?, `; X; [4 {. A# y5 |graduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
Ali

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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