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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
* `7 {8 d- I0 O  h- n  [. ^7 cmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
% U- F" f- _) t+ b( I: g- C5 rin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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4 b% @" O& d6 J' J  u) sis 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%  
/ T( v! F, B  c! Jincrease in housing cost!

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.
  
Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
5 h1 w0 T  O9 j2 t) ndifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
. X- t, _/ Q. B+ X& U4 jthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
/ o3 m+ g% s' W4 Qand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
0 S! _- J7 l/ }8 W3 E# z9 u6 Lasked to look for a residence on open market.
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+ e( W3 m4 X/ R' @, o/ yWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
7 U3 y. ?2 z. O8 B% L3 y) j# tincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
4 Y7 g. Q9 c* K; oexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
6 }  L0 Q( F& N) Z0 Padmission 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  
getting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
7 q/ ]: z; w" s! u1 s$ {; f  Z; }) sus) 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.
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3 |# b# z2 r$ w0 }Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
7 ]3 }( Z5 O3 RAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
2 U; O' @3 U, U2 Z% Mfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
" N5 ]2 u. v5 `$ X0 ?* Ystudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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3 l. ^- i6 r  I8 C7 Q# `7 bMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
+ W0 @0 w7 j& I) s( A* A/ }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  
( n& k) P" B- n% F1 Bgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
* @3 X) Z. U) QThank 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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