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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
7 r- y( x+ r# S& y& A7 K- I! n680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
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is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
+ X, Q/ Z9 P8 T* @, N. Wthe current price look at this link  
% B5 c- n5 t: b' t8 }http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
% R# t2 `: K* W8 D* Jincrease in housing cost!

# W( g; ]4 Y- e8 L( d# ?3 A( iWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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8 L" L& a; n4 Y/ w* n) jOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
. h8 ^6 e6 W& I; z$ Idifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
" L, b* A, q) N- U# C* |" y/ c& Lthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
1 F) M2 d8 n8 Q; G. \asked to look for a residence on open market.

! \  l  b: w/ [$ p; H& uWhile 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  
=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
7 t1 }7 {. p0 d% q8 R1 S  r* Ytuition 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  
" b' \! L+ P$ sgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
+ t) Z8 |7 m$ _  [, Qus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
4 E. C" E* D0 cadmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.
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5 x1 P) A. v4 Q( h2 U$ P+ xAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
! S) N, ]- p4 z/ z6 |/ r& FAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
/ X- ~/ Z% j+ F: @7 ?( lfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

( U$ z! ?, e: |7 y# u( [3 WMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
4 K- ^4 I5 p+ cis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
4 _( K: B  @5 fespecially 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?

3 B, A# A2 ^: BPlease 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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