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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
, t: }2 t$ C- E8 ]% o- Ymy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
1 F, C) a0 K0 j. v0 O: Q! His 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  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
7 ?# Z. [6 s2 d3 Pincrease in housing cost!
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0 t& |/ d" g, M, yWhile 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,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
- |4 I( y3 W  Iand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
5 q% ]: F3 l6 hasked to look for a residence on open market.
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While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
' x' Q2 d% I% I( u: U: U& V5 Jexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
3 f5 s1 P0 V$ g( Jadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
6 A0 I, H* J2 W% ]2 J=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
1 W! C: L2 ~  X6 w/ otuition 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  
. o% ]' S+ z+ g: W  zgetting 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  
8 z! n4 d: }6 F0 a, x3 aadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
! a: M/ A7 C) F4 `& Pstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

* t* V% h+ n; e! Y6 oMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
7 h/ y' a4 V  Q4 e9 R5 wis 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  
! ~5 C  ?2 Z" f* ograduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

7 }# @2 m2 w$ d" B# FPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank 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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