JET Furusato Vision Project
CLAIR has announced the upcoming “JET Furusato Vision Project”. Through this project you can return to your former place of employment on JET, visit places you had strong connections with and reconnect…
Upcoming Event – JETAA Rock Climbing 2017
Authors: Sean Meehan & Maegan Cheng Spring is almost here, and so it's time to get ready for the great outdoors. Rock climbing has been a popular sport in Japan for…
Report – Midnight Madness Curling 2017
By Stephen Branston
The 2017 annual JETAA Toronto Midnight Curling event was a fantastic success, with just under 30 attendees sweeping the night away. Before the big event, our lovely dinner locale, Loons Restaurant & Pub, had enough delicious food and drinks for everyone to stay steady on the ice!
From JETAA Toronto With Love
By Tricia Hamilton
Remember how it felt when you went to your pre-departure orientation? How nervous you were? The questions you had? “What will Japan be like? What about the people I’ll miss at home? Teaching CHILDREN?”
In past years, as part of P-DOT, JETAA has asked departing JETs to write letters to their future selves, asking them to imagine their lives in Japan, what they’re excited about, and their goals for their time on JET.
JETAA then collects the letters in sealed envelopes and keeps them safe. About six months later, we then contact the genki JETs and send them the letters that they wrote to themselves. Our JETs are generally delighted to receive these letters and see how much they’ve changed over that short time!
Report – 2017 Annual General Meeting
By Nicholas Jones
On the evening of Saturday, January 28th, some 30 JETAA members piled into the party room at the Bloor Street Fox and the Fiddle for our 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM). To kick things off, Carl Sachs and I shared with the membership all of the activities JETAA had undertaken in 2016, updated them on the organization’s finances, and then got down to the business of electing the new members of the executive for 2017.