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JETAA Prairies (formerly JETAA MBSK) is the official alumni association in Manitoba and Saskatchewan for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET). We plan and organize events in our home province to maintain grassroots connection to Japan. Events include orientations for new JETs and returning JETs, outreach tables at major events, and online meetings.
About the JET Programme (taken from https://jetprogramme.ca/about/)
The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme is a Japanese government sponsored exchange programme that offers university graduates opportunities to work in Japan as either an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) team teaching with a Japanese Teacher of English in elementary, junior and senior high schools or a Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) in selected local government offices in Japan.
Since 1987, the JET Programme has invited enthusiastic university graduates from around the world to work in Japanese schools and cultural organizations. In the process JET participants gain valuable work and life experience as well as having the opportunity to be fully immersed in the daily reality of this intriguing and dynamic country.