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man888

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  
5 N' n- K* q3 n6 H' B' Min 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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+ F' i2 r$ H: y0 Zis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
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5 q6 V$ k: g+ K6 s; Uthe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
( B- _6 v& c0 u. G( u6 sincrease in housing cost!

$ |& ]  S& @4 ^6 R1 |& eWhile I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
3 @: O* g: U& B! N600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
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Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
4 H# B) T3 l7 R" `increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
# x3 O* }$ r) L% Ndifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
( Z0 I1 F. E4 z. X6 wthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
and most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
& p, c3 o6 P8 m) W& yasked to look for a residence on open market.
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5 p: ^, B9 S) K4 l" I4 YWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
0 r8 G* r% ?+ V& _3 N5 kincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
7 I: K  j' `- Q$ j7 fadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
; B0 e1 F1 o6 f0 @=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  
* x% U  B  \1 T, ^& sgetting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
$ o/ p0 m/ a+ y+ s0 r- lus) 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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Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
3 C( `2 T, i% b! V% U, U8 XAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
& t# S2 O' i! G% y% bstudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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' H* n/ _1 Y6 _4 ^$ fMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
. x* N$ D) F% P( ~; f7 Z+ ^is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
0 B0 r. d$ H" L% u2 Z3 L! Gespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
! C/ z' U9 }6 Z) o, D) }" bgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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9 |8 r# }. Q* `1 H, aPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank 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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