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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!

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The AGM is also the time when we elect JETAA Executive members for the next year. These executive members help assure the smooth running of JET alumni events by taking on roles such as events coordinators, community liaisons, or communications support.

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On Canada Day, JETAA Toronto went up to the JCCC’s Caledon Estate to help support and set up the annual Canada Day Japanese Canadian Community Picnic.

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Anime North has been running for 20 years now, and I am happy to have been participating for over half of that time. This year’s convention was one of the warmest I can remember, but that didn’t stop the festivities and the amount of attendees seems to continue to grow every year.

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