Come join us for a fun and friendly gamified experience at Ninja Tag in Coquitlam on Saturday, February 3rd! All fitness levels are welcome. First 10 alumni who register get a discount. Sign up here by Thursday, February 1st!
❄️ JET Ski 2024 ❄️ ⛷️ JETAA Portland, PNWJETAA, and JETAABC welcome you to our ski & snowboard day! We are excited to enjoy a weekend of snow sports, good food, and fun in the Portland area! Don't wait, register via the link here. 📅Schedule Overview While our day of winter activities on Sunday, February 18th is the main event, we have plenty of bonus events to keep you busy all weekend! See below for our full schedule: Saturday, 2/17, […]
Save the date! We will be hosting a virtual cross-chapter career event on Saturday, February 24th from 10:00-1:30 pm PST. Registration opens Wednesday, January 24th. The first 20 people will get a $10 meal subsidy (must be used during the event), so keep your eye out on social media or future newsletters for the registration link!
This month we will read Genji Keita's "Mr English." Take a snippet into the salaryman's life back in 1950s/60s Japan through the eyes of "Mr English." Click here to join us on Tuesday, February 27th at 7pm over Zoom. If you wish to get monthly news and updates about our yomikai outside of our JETAABC newsletter, please sign up here to join JETAABC Yomikai.
JETAABC is excited to invite high school students learning Japanese to participate in the Metro Vancouver Japan Bowl.The Japan Bowl® is a Japanese language and culture competition for high school students 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 in Vancouver in 2018. For […]
This month we will read Takashi Atoda's "Dried Fish and an Electrical Leak." Follow the main character, Mrs Sugita, as she tries to get to the bottom of the mysteries of her fridge and electrical bill. Click here to join us on Tuesday, March 26th at 7pm PDT over Zoom. If you wish to get monthly news and updates about our yomikai outside of our JETAABC newsletter, please sign up here to join JETAABC Yomikai.
Join us for this special online event hosted by JETAA BC and JETAA Ottawa where we get a chance to talk to author Clara Kumagai. Kumagai has feet in Canada, Japan, and Ireland and has written a number of short stories for the Banshee Press and Stinging Fly. In 2023, she published her first YA novel, Catfish Rolling. We will dive into what inspired her to explore space and time through Sora. Click here to listen to Clara's quick summary of […]
Purchase tickets directly on the LiterAsian Festival website here: https://literasian.com/tickets/ JETAABC Yomikai is coordinating a meet up on May 4th. If you are interested to join us for brunch, sign up here before May 1.
JETAABC Yomi-kai invited Terry Watada to discuss his writing and inspiration and all his work in documenting and sharing the Japanese Canadian story. Zoom link will be shared automatically when you register here.
Join us for a social evening in downtown vancouver with great company and singing to your heart's content to your favourite jam. Sign up by May 8.