s p r i n g 2002
Volume 8. Number 1
The JET Quarterly Update The newsletter for the Japan Exchange Teaching Alumni Association of British Columbia
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JETAA Canada Conference
Peace Boat coming to Vancouver July 29
JETAA CANADA CONFERENCE by Ryan Butt, President JETAABC 2002 The annual JETAA Conference was held from May 3 rd to 5 th in Winnipeg. JETAABC sent two delegates, Stefan Chobotar Newsletter Editor and myself Ryan Butt President. There were 7 Chapters represented from across Canada: BC, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.
Jet Prep Seminar June 15 & call for volunteers
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Winnipeg’s famous corner of Portage and Main
A definite highlight of the conference was Peter Jordan who hosted the Olympic Living segments during the Nagano and Salt Lake City Olympics. He showed some really funny film clips on living in Japan during the Olympics. Subjects covered included transportation, accommodation, getting tickets etc.
JFest at Nikkei Heritage Centre is May 18-19
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Various Notes Canada Rep Liz Stephens & President Ryan Butt
Events Calendar
About JETAABC
About Us
The conference allowed JETAABC to gain valuable insight into the activities of other alumni chapters. Topics discussed included: membership development, social events, JETAA Canada on the web and other interesting topics. We also delivered a detailed report on our activities for the year including: the prep seminar in June and the re-entry seminar in October. The conference also saw the launch of a new JETAA Canada logo (bottom left-hand side of this page) that will be used across Canada. Our JETAAI representative Liz Stephen also gave a report on her activities during her term as Canada Representative.
Honorary Consul General of Japan in Edmonton
We also gave a report on the progress of the JETAAI Conference that will be held in Vancouver in November. The conference will see over 100 delegates from 45 chapters and 12 countries around the world. Next year JETAABC will be sending another delegation to the 2003 Conference, which will most likely be held in Eastern Canada. More pictures on page 5