The Sempai Program is a mentorship initiative where new JETs are matched with JET alumni volunteers to provide relevant local knowledge about their new placements.
We’re looking for people like you with a passion to share your experience with a new crop of JETs leaving this year!
Please sign up using this form by June 13th, 2026 at 12 noon and contact sempaiprogram[@]jetaabc.ca with any questions. Sign-Up for Sempai Program
JETAABC will be boothing at Anime Evolution’s Harumatsuri on Saturday, April 25th. Join us at the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre to promote the JET Programme and tourism to Japan!
Sign up before April 19th at this link.
🌸Call for Volunteers!🌸
JETAABC will be hosting a booth at @Sakura Days Japan Fair once again this year and we’re looking for JET alumni volunteers to help promote the JET Progamme and tourism in Japan at the event!
📅 April 11 & 12 (Sat & Sun), 2026
📍 VanDusen Botanical Garden (5251 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6M 4H1)
🌸 FREE entry to the festival included for volunteers!
⏰ Deadline to register: 5PM on April 4th, 2025
✍️ Register now! https://forms.gle/yoZxcxdLGmvXPnr9A
❓ Questions? Please […]
On March 11th, 2026, join us for a hybrid event marking fifteen years since the March 11 disasters. The program reflects on Fukushima’s ongoing recovery, including the role foreign residents and JET Programme participants played in supporting the region’s revitalization, and features a live virtual tour from disaster affected areas.
If you plan to attend, we […]
あけましておめでとうございます！ Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!
It is time for our Annual General Meeting and Shinnenkai. This year’s event will be held at Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, in Vancouver (with the option to attend via Zoom), on Friday, January 16, 2026, 6:00 – 9:00pm. We will begin with a meet-and-greet before proceeding into our AGM and Board of Directors election.
The AGM is your chance to participate in the election of our new Board of Directors and other important JETAABC business. […]
JETAABC is excited to invite high school students learning Japanese to participate in the 9th Annual Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl! The Japan Bowl® is a Japanese language and culture competition for high school students who are studying Japanese. The Japan-America Society of Washington DC organized and hosted the first Japan Bowl in 1992. The competition has since been expanding overseas and is now held in Poland, England, Italy, Mexico, Serbia, Bulgaria, France, etc. The inaugural Canadian Japan Bowl was held […]
Enter the tranquil tea room at SaBi Tea Arts and take a moment to reawaken your senses with Kōdō, Japanese Incense Ceremony.
Join us to learn about this traditional art form whose roots stretch back over a millennium!
Dōjin Arts writes, “Set in a traditional tatami tea room, guests will be led to participate in kumikōー a form of incense appreciation exercise developed around the Muromachi period (1338–1573). Experience and compare several types of highly […]
あけましておめでとうございます！ Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu!
It is time for our Annual General Meeting and Shinnenkai. This year’s event will be held at BCIT’s Downtown Campus, in Vancouver (with the option to attend via Zoom), on Friday, January 17, 2025, 6:00 – 9:00pm. We will begin with a meet-and-greet before proceeding into our AGM and Board of Directors election.
Your RSVP is kindly requested by Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at agm@jetaabc.ca or at this RSVP form.
The AGM […]
JETAABC is excited to invite high school students learning Japanese to participate in the 8th Annual Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl! The Japan Bowl® is a Japanese language and culture competition for high school students who are studying Japanese. The Japan-America Society of Washington DC organized and hosted the first Japan Bowl in 1992. The competition has since been expanding overseas and is now held in Poland, England, Italy, Mexico, Serbia, Bulgaria, France, etc. The inaugural Canadian Japan Bowl was held […]
On August 9-11, 2024, JETAABC hosted the JET Alumni Association of Canada National Conference, with support from JETAA Canada, the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) / Japan Local Government Center (JLGC) New York, and the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver. The conference location was Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus.
JET alumni delegates in attendance included representatives from all seven Canadian JETAA chapters (Ottawa, Toronto, […]