Student Exchange Scholarships
A student exchange is conducted each year in cooperation with the Kobe Japan-Australia Society. Secondary students from Canberra and from Kobe have an opportunity to study and live with a family. The 6-10 weeks exchange provides a unique cultural experience, immersion in the local language and can lead to lasting friendships. The AJS (ACT) provides the selected Canberra secondary students with the full cost of return travel.
Contact:
AJS (ACT) Student Exchange Program Coordinator,
GPO Box 1066,
Canberra ACT 2601
IFIE Japanese Language and Culture Course – online in 2022
(from Kanazawa, JAPAN)
Two Week online course Starting 26th September
Japanese lessons held on Zoom, such as introducing culture and life
in Ishikawa or preparing for exchanges with local university students. Exchanges with host families and university students in Ishikawa.
Examples of the content of classes that were held in April 2022:
- Learning about life in Ishikawa and interaction with local people
- Japanese classes focusing on topics including Ishikawa/Japanese food
culture, tourism, traditional crafts and popular culture. Participants
researched these topics using information from instructors and made
comparisons with their home countries. The results were presented at
exchanges with host families and local university students, with
discussions taking place in the following class.
- Introducing yourself, your country and culture. With the support of
instructors, participants thought about how to introduce themselves,
their country and culture in Japanese. They presented their ideas during
exchanges with host families and local university students.
- Participants held online presentations about Japan and Japanese
culture using what they had learned through exchanges from host families
and local university students.
Examples of Schedules
Example: 2-Week Program ( 14 hours)
- Japanese classes: 2 hours x 3 times per week for two weeks
- Exchanges with host families and university students, 1session per week each.
- Cost: about $A180 – $200 (depending on exchange rate variations and the number of participants)
- Maximum class size is 10
For Applications and general enquiries, please contact Mr Michael Hodgkin, AJS Course Coordinator: ajsifiecourses@gmail.com
Subsidized by the Ishikawa Government
Tohoku Tsunami Youth Victims Program
HELP US BRING YOUNG VICTIMS OF THE 2011 TOHOKU DISASTER TO CANBERRA FOR A BRIEF RESPITE HOLIDAY
From early 2012 the AJS (ACT) has been running a program to bring students who lost parents in the disastrous Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, for a brief respite holiday in Canberra. Up to 300 children lost both parents and more than 1000 lost one parent.
This program is called the “TOHOKU YOUTH PROGRAM”.
The purpose of these visits is to create friendship and goodwill and to show these young people that the Australian community cares for them and wishes to help.They participate in many social and educational programs while in Canberra: they are hosted at schools, visit Federal and ACT government departments and visit many venues and sights in Canberra.
This program is supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation, the Embassy of Japan, Ashinaga Ikuei Kai in Japan, Radford College, Questacon, the National Zoo and Aquarium, the Farmyard Nursery at Symonston, our patron Mr. Ron Murray AM of Murrays Bus Company, Japan Airlines plus many more Canberran individuals. The students home-stay in pairs with host families from Radford College.
The funds for the program have been raised by the AJS (ACT) though fund raising events, grants from the Australia-Japan Foundation, plus the support many other Canberra organisations, too many to acknowledge here. The first visit took place in March 2012 and to date we have accepted eighteen young students and planning for another four this year.
We now know that this program does help these young people and can change their lives.
The AJS (ACT) is inviting the community to participate by supporting this program.
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE TOHOKU YOUTH PROGRAM
- You can help by raising the money to sponsor a young victim to take part in this program. Contact ajspresidentact@gmail.com or the Australia-Japan Society (ACT), PO Box 1066 Canberra ACT 2601
- Your organisation can partner with the AJS (ACT) in sponsoring a young victim. Contact bjarman@homemail.com.au or the TYP co ordinator AJS (ACT) PO Box 1066 canberra ACT 2601
