JETAA Canada is the "umbrella" organization of JET Programme alumni associations across Canada, made up of the seven recognized chapters across the nation. If you're a former JET participant living in Canada—no matter when, where, or how long you lived in Japan, whether or not you returned to the region you departed from, or even if you didn't depart from Canada—congratulations! You can consider yourself a member of JETAA Canada. Lifetime membership, no fees now or ever. All we ask is that you please get in touch with the JETAA chapter in your local area.
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JETAA International (JETAAi) provides a central point of communication, facilitates exchange of resources, knowledge and talent, and helps promote the JET Programme and alumni chapters around the world. Nearly 23,000 alumni are registered to the 50+ regional chapters located across 17 countries.
The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme is a Japanese government sponsored exchange programme that offers university graduates opportunities for full time jobs as either an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) or a Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) in Japan.
The Association for JET (AJET) is a volunteer organisation of JET Programme participants. AJET serves the JET community by building support networks, organising useful information, and offering resources to enhance the lives of the Programme participants in Japan and abroad.
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JETAA Ottawa
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The Ottawa Chapter of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme Alumni Association, or JETAA Ottawa for short, is an active group of JET alumni who are helping to give this government town some Japanese flavour. We volunteer at festivals, help prepare the next generation of JETs for their departure, and have been known to dine out for sushi and sake.
JETAA Ottawa began in 1991 as a small group of enthusiastic JET Alumni who were keen to share their Japanese experience with each other and the community at large. JETAA Ottawa is part of an international organization, which has grown steadily to become a large, dynamic group of Alumni.
JETAA Ottawa works closely with the Embassy of Japan in their JET recruiting, paper selection and interviews, and helps prepare the next generation of JETs for their adventure through orientations and workshops. We also promote JET and Japanese culture and language by volunteering at festivals, such as Ottawa’s annual Tulip Festival, and at career fairs at colleges and universities. The JETAA Ottawa Executive represents the interests of the Ottawa JET and JETAA community at national and international conferences.
The JET Alumni Association of Toronto was founded in the fall of 1991 as a forum for former participants of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme.
The objectives of the association are as follows:
To promote and foster mutual understanding, friendship, co-operation and continued bilateral exchanges between Canada and Japan through JETAA activities;
To aid JET alumni in re-adjusting to Toronto while maintaining and expanding Japanese cultural and community ties developed during their time in Japan; and
To promote and foster the continued growth and success of the JET Programme by assisting the Consulate General of Japan in Toronto in their recruitment, interview process, orientation and reorientation of JET participants.
The Toronto association of JET Alumni is one of 45 chapters of the international alumni association that operates under the auspices of a Japan-based organization known as the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). JETAA Toronto, like other local chapters in the international association, sends regular reports to CLAIR in Tokyo, but has a close working relationship with the Consulate General of Japan in Toronto. JETAA Toronto desires the patronage of both CLAIR and the Consulate General of Japan and seeks, as one of its primary objectives, to maintain a positive working relationship with both these agencies of the Japanese Government.
Based in Montréal, Québec, the Québec / Atlantique chapter (previously known as “JETAA Montreal” since its inception in 1990) is intended for former JET participants currently living in Québec and the Atlantic provinces, regardless of their pre-JET point of departure.
In line with JETAA International’s mission at the local level, the Q/A chapter’s purposes are fourfold:
To provide a network for our members, both veterans and new returnees, via regular social, community and career events;
To support the efforts of the JET Desk at the Consulate-General of Japan in Montreal, in the promotion, recruitment and preparation of new participants of the JET Programme from the Q/A region;
To take on the role of “cultural ambassador” to bridge the cultures of Canada and Japan, by promoting mutual understanding and building strong ties of friendship between the two nations; and
To actively engage with Japan and lend our support.
JETAA is an organization dedicated to fostering positive relations between Japan and the home countries of JETAA chapters, serving as a support and network group for JETAA chapters and promoting the success of the JET Programme. JETAA Prairies connects and supports past and present Manitoba / Saskatchewan JETs, and prepares new JETs for their departure, while at the same time promoting Japanese culture and getting involved with the local Japanese community.
JETAABC is the British Columbia and Yukon chapter of JETAA-International, the alumni association for participants of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme. All of our members have worked for at least one year in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher, Coordinator for International Relations, or Sports Exchange Advisor. Our mission:
To provide a community for alumni returned from Japan
To foster a connection between Japan and the BC and Yukon communities.
To support and promote the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme
The JETAA Southern Alberta (JETAASA) Chapter is one of seven local chapters in the JET Alumni Association of Canada network. In 1998, JETAA Southern Alberta split off from a larger Alberta-wide chapter based in Edmonton to become its own distinct chapter, creating both Northern Alberta (CN5) and Southern Alberta (CN7) chapters. JETAASA is based out of Calgary – along with the offices of the Consul-General of Japan in Calgary, which has an area of jurisdiction that covers all of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, The Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
Today, JETAA Southern Alberta has over 100 JET alumni members and interacts regularly with the Japanese Consulate, the Calgary Japanese Community Association, and various Japanese culture groups based in Calgary. The chapter puts on events throughout the year to promote the JET Programme, provide orientations to newly-departing JETs, holds networking events and BBQs for alumni members, and supports the consulate with many of their events and initatives. It exists to provide a network for all JET alumni in Southern Alberta in order to foster and strengthen ties between Canada and Japan and allow its members to connect and share their experiences with each other.
The Northern Alberta chapter of JETAA is currently in redevelopment and looks forward to serving JET alumni in the Edmonton area soon. For those interested in being a part of JETAANA, please contact the JETAA Canada Representative in the Contacts section.
