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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
4 s' i* u, o$ [/ lmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
$ z4 p. W3 a1 u6 C4 `/ |2 w1 D; f! Qin one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
. T, N, a0 C9 o+ S5 j680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
  Z  i$ ]. C% u  v% C$ xis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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- I+ m: z2 u4 ]the current price look at this link  
: ^* J; z  ^5 V( Vhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!
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: |. v# l. ~5 mWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
0 J3 t& M5 m) h3 h9 |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,  
4 G; U, Z3 }* h. U: C& qthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
) ~. i4 L1 ~$ t' i3 U" Q2 zand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
0 h0 ]! n* c6 B  \( v2 b  C# E1 k7 Pasked to look for a residence on open market.

3 X3 s* F3 A7 D$ c7 Y6 BWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
" d# f$ `! v. I5 X; K, \; l+ ^increased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
1 J6 X% o% {! I- C/ d: mexactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
9 x! c% i2 T" U& O9 E3 u# Zadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
2 P. n: @& u) _) a# ]. p7 U=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
) a5 q; z( X$ u* U) Ituition 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  
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.
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' h* u7 _1 ]5 b; j$ X% c" }Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
8 E( B8 Y; N. N; j8 PAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
+ C; o2 Y" @7 T& L! xstudents 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  
8 y/ e- l/ A8 _9 `' t, ]9 jespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
) |" H- ]& o( X! ]: K! g: cinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
9 e1 Z0 R7 \/ \- bgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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& v2 E+ O" K7 u# Q! Y2 JPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
- D0 Q' t% N& tThank you all
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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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