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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  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
) G+ D; f! m& d* u680 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
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the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
% W5 H- P" i7 F* ^& T1 K6 Bincrease in housing cost!
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While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
2 ?) u4 x7 C# I$ M' g$ m600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
' m9 U" A6 ~2 \* F0 j8 W" P( yOther 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,  
the fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
0 a' [0 q- I5 mand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.

5 ^' c" T* X5 U9 s( n# }While the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
8 ]8 i3 C7 D! jincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
( g  ?) P$ D% t. g7 n& yexactly 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  
. k9 l# c1 n8 O! h6 d+ G1 \& yimagine 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  
$ n& Y9 [! Z* }/ L% xadmitted 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  
, e/ ^5 O  D8 h+ \, m% U6 Ufrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
6 K5 ]5 D* r3 O( I& s  u- h* }& ?8 W- ?students are the main pillars of research work at the university.

+ A6 V1 D8 k& ~9 G' e* b/ A% @My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
9 E+ _: Q7 d1 q3 C6 u5 Pis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
$ |% V( Q" L8 g& f( |especially 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?
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) H: ?: U7 V  `0 E: H* ^6 nPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
/ P$ N' b# @$ P4 j# K' _) t8 r$ aThank 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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