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When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
$ t: _- c$ P5 y5 T0 |9 O4 `my friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
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680 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
  
. \2 j4 ?) J6 q( nthe current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
increase in housing cost!
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, ]0 d* N7 d; x% l6 u$ G2 E; W7 {While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
1 u8 F' a3 r  p9 Q9 S$ d9 `/ M! C& m600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
" y5 v* D, a. }6 r! \increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
7 y) c! C: O* Y0 q; ?differential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
# u3 a( S- L& m& A! c, v0 K6 zand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.

While 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  
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  
getting now and I was getting 3 years ago but he or she (like all of  
9 [6 ^, f2 [! I$ W* _( u& V9 S* C2 kus) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
3 D1 I3 E" \3 G) W/ w1 aadmitted 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  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
from different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
  Z* m6 `5 ?! A$ I3 Y" ]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  
& K* r( j) @3 e# E9 k% `; P- Wis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
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4 E8 }7 k- a! F- uinitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
' l5 l$ q5 D) w% G1 Y* ?9 Dgraduate 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

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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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