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There most certainly is.

For foreigners they squeeze your tits until they milk blood out of them, and they are smart enough not to fall "my tits are on my *****" line.

I went to school with a guy from Mexico whose family was pretty well off, but he was paying almost double per class what I was as an international student here in Canuckistan. Not sure how that fairs province to province though.

I couldn't tell you what it cost foreigners, because as a conservative, I never talked to any to find out. I always assumed they were stealing our tax dollars and paying the same as the rest of us, but apparently they pay double. Unless it is different province to province. Cost of living is going vary greatly depending on where you go.

You had me until you dropped that little gem.

I believe Australia squeezes foreigners for all we can get, for education over here. Foreign students pay the full cost of their courses, which the educational institution is free to set as it likes.

There are a rash of new small "visa-churners" which are basically rorts. They take large fees, neglect to educate the students, but by certifying the student with a degree or certificate, raise the individual's chances of gaining Australian citizenship, since they have a higher education.

However, many of the larger, long established institutions have good reputations world wide, appearing on world educational league tables. Some of them have special fields for which they are most known and respected.

Whether or not you ever get educated here, Australia is a job destination for astronomers, being one of the few stable, wealthy, first world nations in the Southern Hemisphere. As you have to be in the Southern Hemisphere to view the other half of the universe, there are many international institutions such as NASA and the USA army that either collaborate, or have their own private projects down here in Aus. We also, of course, have an abundance of desert locations, far away from light-polluted cities.

Edited, May 6th 2010 8:52am by Aripyanfar

Fair enough.

Central Montreal isn't like the rest of quebec. It's more like Philly without the lunatics, or Boston without the racism.

Manitoba likes to think it has Universities... but they're really just run-down pieces of crap with 80-year old professors who make their grad students teach the class while they take sabbaticals every year. Not kidding. Big battle going on right now, too. University of Manitoba wants to double the costs for grad students in the next few years and everyone is fighting back.

University of Winnipeg is a "better" school, but still not great.

Macleans Magazine puts an issue out yearly about the top Universities in Canada.

Look through this.

I'm starting to think that Ash isn't going to Guyana.

Last time I help you guys.

If you are going for a PhD in a science field, and they don't give you a job which covers your costs (tuition, living, etc) then they aren't really accepting you. Move on. Thus cost should not be an issue. They may well have extra fees for international students. Your department should be able to pay for that. This may not be in the literature. Apply: if they accept you, discuss it with them at that point.

Whatever they are paying you is tiny compared with their other expenses and having the best students they can find willing to attend their institution is worth far, far more then they are paying anyone.

If you are not going for a science field, it varies.

Is it Peel or St Catherines that's the English speaking party street? I thought it was Peel, which would explain your luck there as it's frequented by the English resients. But I could be getting them backwards and St Catherines is the English speaking street.