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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
+ _% k8 E0 W8 r6 C, lmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
" ?* J% }) U0 \* Rin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
8 X  Q! W, ~. b680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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) Y4 F- s1 s: m. Mis 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%  
increase in housing cost!

1 V6 J# I) l% q8 qWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
- z: ~' x4 F; K! N+ B! S% @) p600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
' |) o+ [* H, ~- t; T3 h) ?$ vOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
: u; Y" Y* {6 L8 C4 J( ~" Kincreases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
8 J) L, Y3 V$ J& j, q) k% pdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
, ?' \& l4 Y5 J- V0 Wthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
+ X! @! L8 G' ^  U' masked to look for a residence on open market.
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+ U8 E7 x: H  d; NWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
" Q7 G1 d6 r" G- O( J! k5 l; o1 Bincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
; i' z) v$ O, C8 ?* Sadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
=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  
* a2 o* q3 p; w* B) ogetting 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.

Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
' F. [0 F, U, ^( w4 `from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
# Q0 b5 x- g# r$ ?3 o" \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  
7 b4 [2 n' j) Z. iis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
4 F) g: z/ x2 O* i; z# t. T1 y2 c( Bespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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% E3 v' X' |: _# y6 K, _5 T' ~" minitiative 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.
) g( h, L1 {8 T% FThank 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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