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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
* _6 p$ ~" Q$ ~0 G! {/ \my 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
  
. M. I4 D; t% c1 W7 ~& h' |9 Ois more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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# B. D- o) o/ u/ ethe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase 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.
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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,  
6 E6 g  r- D9 vthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
+ x; w5 z, j! k/ w9 Zand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.
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While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
/ T7 @; u$ \$ uincreased 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  
tuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
3 s1 l. q% H! Y8 ximagine 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  
: `( i8 `5 \4 S8 R9 madmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.

) G) W4 i9 k& b$ [$ y2 i9 A* b& L9 EAlso have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
* J8 u& z: q: j) ]) C% ?Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
% t$ v7 Q' j7 F, e5 T6 s" Wfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
8 c( ?: _7 z8 j5 r+ j4 Q$ A1 _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  
8 q% Y; Z& p7 R+ V0 }1 q& xis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
. F$ }2 N5 J: M- y! `+ c$ Hespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
& m2 W! Z% X3 H0 I9 N6 l1 \initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
: s' z& L  W( `; qgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
, c9 n$ g3 @+ x. WThank 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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