JETAABC is excited to invite high school students learning Japanese to participate in the third Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl on Sunday, February 23, 2020.
Let's not have COVID lock our social events down as well this Holiday season. Join us virtually with some white paper, colour pencils/markers, and your creativity on Saturday, December 12, 1:00pm for an afternoon of nengajo writing. What is a nengajo? A Nengajo is a Japanese New Year's postcard. The tradition of writing and sending postcards for New Year's is a common practice. What do I need to prepare? Really simple! Do you have some white paper? Pencil? Colour Pencils […]
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 […]
Join a JETAABC Virtual Karaoke Party! Date: Wednesday, December 30th Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm on Zoom Register for free here Alumni and guests welcome!
*** This event is for JET Alumni only *** Virtual Classroom: The classes will be done online through Zoom and will utilize all available functions (i.e.polling, whiteboard, breakout rooms, etc) to maximize engagement and interaction between students and the teacher. For optimal language learning in the virtual classroom, students are kindly requested to have their cameras turned on. If you are new to Zoom, the Course Coordinator will be present at all the class to assist you with any technical […]
あけましておめでとうございます！ Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu! We hope you are staying healthy and safe at home. It is time for our Annual General Meeting and Shinnenkai, and we are going online this year! We are hosting this Zoom gathering on Friday, January 22nd, 2021, 6:30 – 8:30pm. We will begin with a meet-and-greet before proceeding into our AGM and Board of Directors election. Your RSVP is kindly requested by Friday, January 15th, 2021 at agm@jetaabc.ca. The AGM is your chance to participate in the election of our […]
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!
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, […]
Wondering how best to describe to future employers ALL that you accomplished on JET? Confused on how to define your JET experience if you’re not working in higher education/teaching? Concerned that your resume really doesn’t say ALL that it could, or that it doesn’t offer the reader a strong understanding of your skills and expertise? Have you pondered how a functional or chrono-functional resume might “sell you” more to readers? If the answer is yes to any or all of […]
2021 will be the tenth year since the devastating Tohoku Disaster on March 11, 2011. Please join us at this virtual event to commemorate the disaster, but also celebrate Fukushima and its recovery. Learn about Fukushima's culture and history, hear first-hand stories of life in the prefecture, and experience one small part of Northern Japan's "Lucky Island."As a special gift for the first ten participants to register, we are pleased to offer a small token of Fukushima as a door […]
