Alumni Networking Event (Vancouver): February 2020
The Alumni Networking Reception is an opportunity to meet career minded JET Alumni and learn from seasoned professionals who progressed from JET ALTs/CIRs into their chosen careers.
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Creekside Community Centre 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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2020 JET Ski: Seattle
The Summit at Snoqualmie 1001 State Route 906, Snoqualmie Pass, WA, United StatesPNWJETAA, JETAA Portland, and JETAABC are excited to announce our second joint ski and snowboard trip to Seattle, Washington!
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JETAABC Yomi-Kai
Online (Zoom)JETAABC Yomi-Kai was created for JET Alumni, JETAA Friends and Community members to gather to discuss and discover books by Japanese Authors in translation or Japanese Canadian authors. We will always begin each session with quick icebreakers before we get into our book discussions. Our Yomi-Kai will be exploring each reading based on this one question: Does the book engage you? Why or why not? From exploring characters, plots, point of views, to the general theme of the work; these [...]
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JET Ski: At Home Edition Photo Contest
2021 would have been our 3rd annual JET Ski trip with our friends at JETAABC, PNWJETAA, and JETAA Portland. Although we’re not able to meet in person, we’d love to keep the JET Ski event alive, so we are pleased to announce the 2021 JET Ski: At Home Edition Photo Contest!
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JETAABC Yomi-Kai
Online (Zoom)JETAABC Yomi-Kai Feb 2021: What are we reading this time? We will start the year with a classic short story by Tanizaki Junichiro's debut work, "The Tattooer." This is Tanizaki's very first published short story and really sets the tone of his future writing styles and themes. Tanizaki is one of Japan's famous modern writers. His writing often challenged aesthetics and sexuality in an era where Japan was being introduced to "western" ideas. We will meet on Tuesday, February 23, [...]
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JETAABC Yomi-Kai
Online (Zoom)JETAABC Yomi-Kai Mar 2021: What are we reading this time? We are reading the Akutagawa Prize winning short story by Yoko Ogawa called "The Pregnancy Diary." Ogawa accumulates details to subtly yet expressively comment on the human psychology in her writing. What kind of meaning into the details of this short story can you gain? We will meet on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 from 7pm over Zoom. Registrants will receive a Zoom link through a Google calendar invite 3 days [...]
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JETAABC Yomi-Kai
Online (Zoom)JETAABC Yomi-Kai Apr 2021: What are we reading this time? Choose one or both of the following short stories from Yumiko Kurahashi’s Anthology “The woman with the flying head.” Yumiko wrote these stories based on the art pieces linked beside each short story: The Special Place (Art Piece) Flower Abstraction (Art Piece)
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JETAABC Live Café: Combating Anti-Asian Racism
Online (Zoom)This month is Asian Heritage Month and we'd like to invite you to join us for casual and safe conversations on combating anti-Asian racism. Connect, listen, and share your stories. Join us on Tuesday, May 18 at 7pm to discuss what we can do to stop hate, raise awareness, and support our community. Sign up to join here.
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JETAABC Yomi-Kai Presents: A Conversation with Author Grace Eiko Thomson
Online (Zoom)JETAABC Yomi-Kai is excited to invite Author Grace Eiko Thomson to discuss her memoir, Chiru Sakura — Falling Cherry Blossoms: A Mother & Daughter's Journey through Racism, Internment and Oppression. Join us as we learn more about the Canadian Japanese History through Grace Eiko Thomson's powerful story of resilience in the face of racism, sexism, and internment.
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Kyara-ben Workshop
Online (Zoom)After last year's success, JETAA Portland, JETAABC, and JETAAPNW are excited to present a second Bento Workshop with Amanda Oumiya from K&L Bentos on Sunday, June 6 at 11am PDT. This time the theme is Kyara-ben! For those who don’t know, Kyara-ben is short for Character Bento, the art of making cute, detailed box lunches that look like popular characters. This can sound daunting but Amanda is here to show us simple tips and tricks to make your next bento [...]