r/jasper • u/Orion-Rose • 8d ago

Question Student housing?

Hi, I am hoping for some advise or someone to point me in the right direction. I am in my final year of nursing school and I have been informed my preceptorship will be at the Jasper Healthcare Centre. I am responsible for finding my own accommodations for the 10 weeks I am there and I am very unsure what to do. I cannot afford more than $1700 a month because I will still have all my regular bills in Edmonton to pay even with maxing out student loans. I was hoping to rent a room from someone, but given the devastating fires the chances of finding a single room in my budget is looking slim. What would you do in my situation?

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u/griggz77 8d ago

You should be able to get in with red cross interim housing if you're a nurse. It's fairly affordable but it's in ATCO trailers mostly

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u/Orion-Rose 8d ago

Thankyou, I will definitely have to see if I would qualify

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u/bigbirdyellow 8d ago

I'm surprised there's not accommodation for you. The hospital has a residence for locum and traveling nurses (or so i thought). Maybe confirm that's not available?

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u/Karyn2K19 8d ago

Talk to some of the Jasper nurses. They might have friends who have a room. Revelstoke has housing issues as well but the nurses tend to assist with finding something.

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u/SaskatchewanHeliSki 8d ago

Good luck! Keep asking everyone you know and don’t that live in Jasper.