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Winter’s gifts might seem hard to appreciate sometimes in Toronto, but strap a plank or two on your feet and it changes everything!
A group of JETAA members and friends found that you don’t have to travel to the Japanese Alps for some excellent skiing and boarding at our first ever JETAA Ski Trip event in February.
The call for platforms for the JET Alumni Association (JETAA) Canada’s Country Representative has begun and we’re looking for interested candidates! The Canada Representative is integral to unifying Canada’s various chapters and representing our country on the JETAA-International level. A detailed job description has been attached.
The successful candidate will submit a platform that states the following:
The appointed Returning Officer will conduct the elections, including the collection of platforms, distribution of platforms for voting, counting and collecting the votes, and announcing the winner.
Please find below the dates pertaining to the upcoming 2011 election:
Thanks to JETAABC for passing along this job posting that could be great for a JETAA member!
Sustainalytics is hiring a Junior Analyst with Japanese language skills forone of its offices in Amsterdam, Boston, Frankfurt or Toronto.
About Sustainalytics
Sustainalytics is a global leader in sustainability research and analysis, serving investors and financial institutions around the world. Our international perspective is strengthened by nearly 20 years of local experience and expertise in the Responsible Investment (RI) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) markets. Sustainalytics strives to provide consistently high-quality solutions and to remain responsive to the current and future needs of our clients. Headquartered in Amsterdam and with more than 80 employees globally, the firm operates as Jantzi-Sustainalytics in North America with local offices in Boston, Frankfurt, Madrid and Toronto.
Hello, I’m a Japanese student studying linguistics at McGill University. I am looking for research participants, who are native English speakers but can speak Japanese very fluently, and have lived…
Greetings JETAA Toronto!
As your Canada Representative, I would like to share news from the recent JETAA International meeting that took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from Oct 1-3, 2010. Fifteen of 18 countries participated this year. I had the privilege and opportunity to share about the growth and activities of all seven chapters across Canada, as well as the issues and concerns affecting JET alumni from far and wide (as shared to me by your local chapters).
Greetings JETAA Toronto! As your Canada Representative, I would like to share news from the recent JETAA International meeting that took place in Edinburgh, Scotland from Oct 1-3,…
Position: JET Programme Assistant Coordinator (Winter 2011)
Position Type: Full Time – Temporary (for approximately 7 weeks)
Location: Japan Information Centre, Consulate General of Japan
Application Deadline: Tuesday, January 4th – 4:00 pm
Start Date: Monday, January 17th 2011
End Date: Monday, March 7th 2011
The JET Programme Assistant Coordinator will provide assistance in the winter selection process of the JET Programme.
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It was an emotional and inspirational day for those who made it to the Japan Information Centre on November 27 to hear Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor Setsuko Thurlow speak.
Diminutive, and eloquently spoken, Mrs Thurlow treated the crowd to a screening of the 2009 documentary, “Flashes Of Hope”, in which she and 102 other Hibakusha travelled for four months on the Peace Boat to share their first-hand accounts and their desire to never again see nuclear war on this planet.