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man888

When arrived to Edmonton to start my graduate studies on 2004, me and  
2 f0 z7 ^7 ^8 A7 s7 ?+ i* |6 Rmy friend rented a very nice, spacious and shiny 2-bedroom apartment  
9 c4 M' G" b/ T) Z' V# ~in one of the Boardwalk's high rise buildings (Galbraith House) for  
% O) v. A5 N' m* a* s680 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
  
the current price look at this link  
http://www.bwalk.com/Rental/infosheeta.asp?projectno=92). 100%  
& R! T6 w: B9 U9 Gincrease in housing cost!

While I was paying 340CAD/month for more than a year, I鎶� paying  
0 n; Q! i$ d) s. b, H0 e/ ]600CAD/month plus utilities right now, some thing around 700CAD/month.
  
Other costs of leaving have also increased and the university  
$ e: |3 m$ [! p; n6 R! c8 cincreases 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  
3 b9 _$ p9 a5 q1 d- Vand most of the newly admitted students who applied for housing were  
asked to look for a residence on open market.

1 r1 Z0 k( W  m$ U" `5 G; wWhile the average cost of living for a typical graduate student has  
9 ~+ y. I- v; M: sincreased by something more than 70% percent we are getting paid  
0 O& C7 J7 s1 K+ a* |exactly for the same amount of money that we were offered in our  
  z; G) Z# J& M7 t1 H# V6 i2 z7 aadmission 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  
us) has to pay twice as much as I was paying for housing when I was  
! \/ ]! z$ v$ H  Padmitted and has to incur at least 70% more in average living costs.

Also have in mind that Alberta is a rich province and University of  
Alberta has a remarkable record in absorbing various money and grants  
% H( {4 L4 I+ U' G# Y4 z# o+ xfrom different governmental and non governmental sources and graduate  
6 F- H) Z; F4 v& @students are the main pillars of research work at the university.
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% O- h- a, j" J9 @My objective in bringing all abovementioned points in your attention  
. H" G2 }% i9 G4 }& G# k6 r2 q8 pis to question the adequacy of financial aid for graduate and  
- C: E" m7 l% B/ N1 kespecially international students. Isn鎶� it time for the GSA to take
  
. c+ u4 ?  J+ \$ S( I. `; Einitiative in raising the issue of increasing financial aid for  
) Z) Z6 ]: `2 y# q. j- Pgraduate students so that the can afford this increase in costs?
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$ j4 n. t2 a, r- nPlease come with your experiences and ideas.
7 s: ^' m0 @( ]9 T+ a# ~3 q. [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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