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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
9 W" g/ ^" f1 K( C3 {2 j1 Mmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
9 |' `! U' c1 i# V1 F' p- ]680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
  
is more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
  
) F1 p+ C* S& C; }/ i, u, tthe current price look at this link  
  s/ ]% b& w! k7 \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  
4 U6 R3 m; t, B0 l) {+ R600CAD/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  
/ ]) v2 R% f1 j6 Edifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
/ b7 t& ?1 i! v3 g% M# \, B( v" oand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
0 |1 C: e& [# T$ ]5 s; Kasked to look for a residence on open market.

- V+ d( C  r* S, Y1 }While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
/ K" J& g% Z7 {' Q9 w, C. J1 Kincreased 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  
, s- Y7 C5 s/ p- G/ P, N8 b7 b=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
2 T7 n* y3 L/ n7 L9 t1 ctuition fee and taxes). To make the argument easy to understand just  
* u" x; j8 @% P$ ^! F3 Timagine that a new student gets the same amount of money that I am  
/ G- t/ |  v! A1 N9 D1 Ngetting 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  
3 [3 v/ B, N$ badmitted 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  
/ Z" _: E; C. g' l- jAlberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
- D/ W8 H$ d4 k/ L6 X, hfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
1 f6 v5 I/ r" {8 Estudents are the main pillars of research work at the university.

* z6 O2 ]+ M0 FMy objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
2 k. f2 x; Q5 G: \" Xespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
& U. B% @  n  k# o" Y' W8 B8 Jgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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Please come with your experiences and ideas.
Thank you all
Ali

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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