On Thursday September 10th, JETAA returned to BATL in the docklands for our second annual axe throwing tournament. Plaid shirts were out in force as we all tried to get a little closer to our lumberjack roots by chucking axes at wooden targets. (more…)
August is always a hard month to plan any event for JETAA. People are vacationing, going to the cottage, enjoying multitudes of festivals and concerts. But for those in the city, the Super Summer Leisure Picnic at Toronto Island was the perfect escape from the city on Saturday August 15th. (more…)
The Fighting Carps, JETAA Toronto’s very own Dragon Boat team raced in it’s first regatta of the season on August 16th. In fact it was the first ever Sunnyside Dragon Boat Festival held at Sunnyside Beach on Toronto’s West End. Given this fact, the event itself was a little disorganized, but overall it was a fun day at the beach, if not a little too hot! (more…)
For the third year, the Summer Matsuri at Yonge and Dundas Square was a huge success. On Sunday, July 27th, tens of thousands of Torontonians and Pan-Am Tourists visited the festival, taking in Japanese culture in the form of entertainment, food venders, and information from Japanese community organizations, including JETAA Toronto. (more…)
In mid-July, JETAA imparted their last nuggets of knowledge to the departing 2015-2016 JETs in the form of a cooking workshop! The workshop was held by seven JET alumni in the super spacious basement of Riverdale Presbyterian Church. The new venue not only had ample space to maneuver but even had an area specifically for sitting and tasting out the delicious recipes. (more…)