鎶楄��瀛︽牎鍔╁�﹂噾澶�灏戯紒

man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
2 c" d# g* P2 F* Fmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
* i! x" G' @9 N: K3 w6 h/ p680 CAD(everything was included), believe it or not the same apartment
$ r5 |( x1 X- s4 {5 Z  
1 g4 _+ c9 a3 g( n9 x0 o2 Cis more than 1300 CAD now.(I still have a copy of the contract and for
2 D) o. v* i4 o  
the current price look at this link  
) m! H9 _: p, x# W% e0 o6 zhttp://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
* z; g2 a( i5 R  F; Kincrease in housing cost!
8 k' G- F  E7 w6 s  ?9 D4 V
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.
- P3 j# f* P. U; m+ \0 e: O/ o+ G  
$ k1 \+ f  c8 e4 ^# y# `1 kOther costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
increases the tuition fee by few percent every year and international  
& H: W  L0 h1 G, x' Gdifferential fee was increased by almost 20% last year. Add to this,  
9 U3 L6 p% T7 w) j1 Dthe fact that the university housing has no more space for newcomers  
9 [, c' b4 J' |; Rand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
/ `6 d$ Y  ]" a6 o$ C; Fasked to look for a residence on open market.
2 n3 O1 L+ X- _2 A; U
% N( L) V5 w- l& N$ Z+ Y7 sWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
) P1 K# T' |) B; `; Eincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
) O8 Y/ |0 d+ U1 }) w1 B5 u' cadmission letter (18000 CAD + 1500 CAD for international students  
: A' m7 K3 Q' Y' ~3 L=19500CAD. What I get is something around 1000CAD/month!!! after  
( h: @* y1 d5 z, K! i0 G) \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  
5 U  Y+ p5 a/ igetting 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  
admitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.

+ m' u+ W. ]0 B) _) N, R4 lAlso 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  
students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
4 P; k8 H+ n7 t# X
7 ~; f6 O1 J8 w# p$ i! ]. g. ]My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
is to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
especially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
) L2 |+ R" ^$ P  
! m" X, q- g/ B" _1 f4 U" j2 n7 ~initiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
$ ^$ o; Q) X/ rgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?

Please come with your experiences and ideas.
# \/ Y: s+ P( H3 _Thank you all
Ali

lischka

It is true. Nobody cares about the international students. They are just making money from us.

椹�鐢蹭

L o L

man888

妤间笂鐨勶紝鏈変粈涔堝ソ绗戠殑锛岃繕绗戝嚭澹版潵浜�