Canada (in my case, specifically UBC) has piss low grad student stipends, even relative to local CoL. I was making full time minimum wage as an undergrad resear

Canada (in my case, specifically UBC) has piss low grad student stipends, even relative to local CoL. I was making full time minimum wage as an undergrad researcher, and my PI told me that he was still paying me more than his PhD students (2500/mo for me vs. 2000/mo). I dunno how someone could live in Vancouver on that salary without savings or additional scholarships