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     Japanese language education information for Canada nation-wide

     

Scholarships, grants, donation programs, etc.

     
Student exchange programs, teacher exchange programs, etc
     
Teachers’ associations, professional associations, and other Japan related organizations
     
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Scholarships, grants, donation programs, etc.
     
  The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education Programs
      The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Education Programs are open to Canadian educational institutions or individuals.
       
  Scholarship Programs of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho) of the Government of Japan
      The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Monbukagakusho) of the Government of Japan offers scholarships to foreign students who wish to study at Japanese universities.
       
  The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) “Tanaka Fund”
      The Tanaka Fund aims to enhance opportunities for study of Japanese language in Canadian universities, promote and help improve Japanese language instruction, and foster institutional program development. A total of $76,000 (subject to annual variation) will be awarded to successful applicants.
       
  Canada Council for the Arts Japan-Canada Fund
      The Japan-Canada Fund was created in 1988 through a gift of almost one million dollars from the Government of Japan to the Canada Council for the Arts to reinforce ties between the arts communities of the two countries.
     
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Students’ exchange programs, teacher exchange programs, etc
     
  The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme  (Canada site)
  The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme  (Japan site)
      Sponsored by the Japanese Government, this is a great way to experience teaching in schools in Japan.
     
  International Youth Exchange Programs
      The objectives of the international youth exchange programs conducted by the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government are to promote mutual understanding and friendship between youths as well as to broaden the global view of the youths to cultivate the spirit of international cooperation, and to foster the youths of the rising generation with international awareness through the exchange between Japanese and foreign youths by mission and invitation activities by airplane and multinational exchange activities on ships.
       
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Teachers’ associations, professional associations, and other Japan related organizations
     
  Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE)  カナダ日本語教育振興会
       
  The Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)
       
  Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) カナダ日本研究学会
       
  The Japan Foundation (Japan)
       
  The Japan Foundation, Toronto
       
  Embassy of Japan in Canada
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