JETAA Toronto is excited to announce this year’s edition of Japanese lessons! Come one, come all!
They will be taught once again by the excellent Matsumoto-Sensei and the focus will be on conversational Japanese.
This year we are also adding a workshop element to the latter half of some of the classes to learn how to make Japanese Etegami (Illustrated postcard) and Nengajo (Japanese New year’s cards).
By Carl Sachs
By Nicholas Jones
June and July are some of JETAA Toronto’s busiest months. This is when our collaboration with the Consulate General of Japan in Toronto reaches a fever pitch as we work together to prepare the new cohort of departing JETs for their eventual departure to Japan.
And, at the triumphant and bittersweet end of these feverish months of orientations and seminars, we have the final pre-departure reception for the departing JETs.
By Judy Cerovski
From July 30-31st, the New York chapter of JETAA (JETAANY) hosted their first Summer Retreat and a small contingent of JETAA Toronto members decided to drive down for the weekend to check it out.
The retreat was at the Taconic Outdoor Education Center in Coldspring, New York, just north of New York City, in the beautiful and luscious Hudson Valley. True to its name, it was cold in comparison to the continuous heat waves Toronto was experiencing, which was a nice reprieve.
By Stephen Branston
2016’s hot summer was a perfect opportunity to get out and enjoy some fun in the sun! We brought our excitement and energy, enjoyed some sweet summer snacks, and played a few easy outdoor games such as Telestrations. Many thanks to those that were able to make it to this event!