How can I receive full funding for a Design(interaction or industrial) degree as an international student?

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Hi everyone

This is my first post, also a paramount one. To add to the information above: My mission is getting accepted from a US or Canada with full funding and stipend and I have a full year to do whatever needs to be done to accomplish it. I am aiming to nail the TOEFL and GRE but I'm afraid there's more than that to it.

important fact:

• our currency has been greatly devalued recently and I can't afford to pay tuition fees and/or living expenses
  

So, which universities should I consider? should I start getting in touch with professors and discover funding opportunities?

what skills or qualities matter the most when it comes to funding and securing a TA or RA position?

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Thank you all for your inspirational answers!