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5 Jul, 2022

Call for Powell Street Festival Volunteers

Staff (R)2022-07-05T22:20:08-07:00Jul 5th, 2022|Events, Volunteer|

It’s that time of year again! Celebrating Japanese-Canadian Culture for 46 years, the Powell Street Festival is Vancouver’s longest community arts celebration! You can be a part of this year’s festival taking place July 30th and 31st.

We are looking for amazing alumni to help out at our community booth on Saturday, July 30th from 11:00am.

Volunteer duties at the Community Booth involve answering questions about the JET Programme, directing people to JET Programme informational materials, and generally […]

20 Jun, 2022

June 19th Kusudama Workshop Recap

Staff (R)2022-06-20T19:55:05-07:00Jun 20th, 2022|Events, News|

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first origami workshop. It was a cloudy day out so it ended up being a great day to do some indoor origami. With a small group of 6 attendees, everyone sat in a circle around the tables as each individual introduced themselves to get to know each other.

To break the ice, we started by sharing our interest and stories around origami. Our board member, Karmila, then proceeded to lead the group […]

6 Jun, 2022

Call for 2022 Pre-Departure Orientation Volunteers

Staff (R)2022-06-06T21:12:07-07:00Jun 6th, 2022|Initiatives, JET, News, Volunteer|

This year’s Pre-Departure Orientation will take place back in person, and we need your help to send the new JETs off right!

We are planning for:

Saturday, June 25th at BCIT Downtown Vancouver Campus – Atrium, Rm 825 (555 Seymour Street, Vancouver), and
Sunday, June 26th at SFU – Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Rm 420 (580 West Hastings Street, Vancouver).

Please see here for more information about the event […]

28 May, 2022

Save the Date: June 25th and 26th 2022 Pre-Departure Orientation

Staff (R)2022-05-28T15:00:52-07:00May 28th, 2022|Events, Initiatives, JET, News, Volunteer|

The new JETs are almost on their way to Japan! But first, we need your help getting them ready.

Pre-Departure Orientation will tentatively take place on Saturday, June 25th & Sunday, June 26th in person, in downtown Vancouver (dates and venue to be confirmed very soon). This is a wonderful opportunity to provide the next generation of JETs with their first insight into the joys and hardships of life in Japan. Volunteer positions will be filled on a first-come, first-served […]

25 May, 2022

New Date! JETAABC Origami Workshop: Kusudama

Secretary2022-05-25T15:00:50-07:00May 25th, 2022|Events, JET, News|

New Date! June 19th!

Come join us as we host an Origami Workshop on June 19 at 10:30 am – 12:30 pm.

Origami is the art of folding paper. This workshop, the theme will be Kusudama. The literal translation is Medicine Ball. Traditionally, the word came from something similar where people would insert fragrances for healing purposes, now it’s become a decorative item. We would like to take this opportunity to enjoy being in the same space as our fellow alumni […]

15 May, 2022

Powell Street Festival Lottery Tickets

Staff (R)2022-05-15T18:55:16-07:00May 15th, 2022|Events|

The Powell Street Festival returns this summer with their classic charity lottery. Prizes include a staycation, a dinner & music package, books, artwork, and much more.

Purchase tickets online anytime up to Sunday, July 31st; please use the code jetaabc so our organization benefits from some of the proceeds.

Buy Tickets

3 May, 2022

Calling Volunteers: JETAABC Sempai Program

Staff (R)2022-05-03T14:20:25-07:00May 3rd, 2022|Initiatives, JET, News, Volunteer|

After two years of Covid, the JETAABC Sempai Program is back in person! This is a mentorship initiative where new JETs are matched with JET alumni volunteers to provide the new JET with local knowledge about his/her new home.

Once a match has been found, the new JET receives the sempai volunteer’s email address. Due to the number of participants and the expanse of the region, we cannot guarantee a match to every sempai volunteer, but […]

7 Apr, 2022

2022 Engagement Survey

Staff (R)2022-04-23T11:12:33-07:00Apr 7th, 2022|JET, News|

Help us refine our programming and better engage with our BC-based JET alumni by completing our quick (~5 min) survey. Responses are anonymous, unless you add your name and email address to be entered into a draw for a special prize!

The Engagement Survey deadline has been extended to 11:59pm on Wednesday, April 20th, 2022.

Take Survey

12 Jan, 2022

2022 JET SKI NO HI presented by PNWJETAA, JETAABC & JETAAPDX

JETAABC2022-02-09T08:01:42-08:00Jan 12th, 2022|Events, JET, News|

We’re happy to announce that the inter-chapter ski event will be hosted by your favorite northwest chapters again this year. We are claiming February 12th to be JET SKI の日！

We’ll be hitting the slopes with your fellow JET Alumni at your home mountain! All three JET chapters will be shredding the mountains at these locations:

JETAABC: Grouse Mountain | www.grousemountain.com
PNWJETAA: Summit at Snoqualmie | www.summitatsnoqualmie.com
JETAA Portland: Mt. Hood Skibowl |

18 Dec, 2021

JETAABC Japanese Language Classes: Winter Term ’22 Now Open!

Secretary2021-12-18T18:21:46-08:00Dec 18th, 2021|Events|

We are happy to announce that registration for JETAABC Japanese Language Classes for the Winter term is now open! We will be holding this term online over Zoom. Classes will start on January 13, 2021 from 6pm to 8pm PST every Thursdays until March 17, 2021.

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 […]