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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
' r+ z( ~" l1 `3 E  U9 x; dmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
9 T& ]+ }' L5 s5 s6 Qin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
3 U+ c& d8 |+ Y/ m2 z680 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
  
/ p- O1 L* v* T# {: I, M9 Mthe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
; w. D. k: e; S4 W" ^increase in housing cost!
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4 Y2 ^' t. s/ Y* Q/ dWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
8 ]' x0 ^5 A* g' V, U9 A: ZOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
( z  O2 d$ ^' ~9 g$ U$ e+ L# f* G- gincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
5 I% S- f. U2 E; v9 K3 hthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
- c$ V, Y# P4 y* vasked to look for a residence on open market.

2 I. a- E, l$ W( c* o, P) ]4 X* hWhile 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  
" q, V: b/ l. Q0 R: I5 g=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  
1 N6 \& p3 H7 C" w- L) h5 Hgetting 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  
; G, x$ ~4 L! M" m" j2 Kadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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5 w/ j) B( r/ ]( M/ ?* b7 m! LAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
. w, v9 B, _3 Q+ @4 L3 p3 ]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  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially 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?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
2 l. \+ o" F( S: g0 q  f5 z2 y0 u  IThank 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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