This website is the web site of the association of Japanese teachers in British Columbia, Canada known as NihongoBC: BC Teachers of Japanese. It is designed specifically for teachers of Japanese in British Columbia or those interested in Japanese education in the province. Educators outside of BC are also welcome to share resources and join the Nihongo BC membership.
There is a voluntary annual membership fee of $10 usually collected at the Japanese Forum at the BC Association of Modern Language Teachers' Conference in the fall. If you were not there and would like to contribute your fee, please contact Kathy Shannon at the e-mail below.
TAIKO DRUMMING WORKSHOPS IN QUALICUM BEACH, B.C.
The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH) in Qualicum Beach, B.C. is pleased to announce that in conjunction with its Summer Art Education program the two leaders of the Japanese taiko drumming group Saiho Kotengu, from Nagasaki
Prefecture, will be in residence from July 16 through July 29, 2012. Students of all ages are welcome to register for one
or two weeks (Monday-Friday) of daily, group lessons in taiko drumming techniques and participate in a public concert on Saturday, July 28. No experience is necessary. In addition, individual lessons will be available for anyone wishing to advance
his/her taiko drumming abilities. The class schedule is: Mornings, 9:30-12:00 (Ages 6-12); Afternoons, 1:00-3:30
(Ages 13-17); Evenings, 6:30-9:00 (Age 18 and over and adults). The fee is $100 plus HST for 1 week
(five classes).
Anyone requiring additional details or wishing to book additional concerts, workshops or lessons should contact TOSH music organizer (and Japanese translator) Ron Hadley (e-mail: gmls_ron@yahoo.com (website: www.harmonichatchery.com) or TOSH Executive Director Corinne James
(tel: 250-752-6133; e-mail: qbtosh@shaw.ca )
Traditional and Contemporary Japanese Music Presentation/Workshop at your School
The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH) in Qualicum Beach, B.C. is pleased to announce that in conjunction with its Eighth Annual Harvest of Music
festival (September 27-30, 2012) Japanese traditional folk/contemporary music icon Takio Itō, originally from Tomakomai in Hokkaido, and his band will be
in residence from September 27 through October 16. In addition to public performances and workshops, the TAKIO BAND will be concentrating on bringing its combination of traditional Japanese
culture, music and dance to British Columbia schools (elementary through university level), and students will have ample opportunity for hands-on experiences of Japanese musical instruments.
All presenting organizations as well as educators and educational institutions wishing to book a concert, workshop, lecture/demonstration, etc. should contact TOSH music organizer
(and Japanese translator) Ron Hadley (e-mail: gmls_ron@yahoo.com website: www.harmonichatchery.com) or TOSH Executive Director Corinne James (tel: 250-752-6133;
e-mail: qbtosh@shaw.ca )
B.C. Schools have begun various initiatives to support Japan's Earthquake Relief Efforts. Click here to find out more.
Nihongo BC Year-End Potluck on June 25th at Martha's house
MEXT Undergraduate Scholarship
Application packages for the 2012 MEXT Undergraduate Scholarship are now available. The scholarship is open to high school graduates (as of March 2012) born between April 2, 1990 and April 1, 1995.
The scholarship documents can be accessed through the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver's website at www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/en/culture/mext.htm. The deadline to apply for the scholarship is June 3, 2011. All eligible applicants will be invited for an interview and examination on a designated date (yet to be determined) in late June or sometime in July.
Sponsored by The Japan Foundatioin, Toronto, the B.C. Japanese Teachers' Summer Seminar was held on August 25-27, 2009 at the Nikkei Place in Burnaby, B.C. The participants studied with the guest lecturers, Makoto Netsu-sensei from The Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institute in Urawa, Japan and Ayumi Nagatomi-sensei, Japanese Advisor at Alberta Education (sponsored by The Japan Foundation). For more photos and group project overviews, please go to the Summer Seminar page.
Can you contribute any resources?
If you have something that you have used in class and can share with our teacher community, please send it as an attachment to:
Our Google Group!
Join the Nihongo BC e-mail discussion group at by clicking here.
Many Thanks to Kwalikum Secondary students Jill S. and Jessica H. for their help in creating this site.
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B.C. Schools with Japanese Programs
*teachers on Nihongo BC google e-mail list
| 23 |
Kelowna |
Kelowna Secondary |
*Tom Carlson |
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| 23 |
Kelowna |
Mount Boucherie Sec. |
Miranda King |
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| 23 |
Kelowna |
Mount Boucherie Sec. |
Derek Smith |
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| 23 |
Kelowna |
Rutland Secondary |
*Elizabeth Baerg |
Obento 1-3 & personal material |
| 34 |
Abbotsford |
Rick Hansen Secondary |
*Terumi Fisher |
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| 34 |
Abbotsford |
Robert Bateman Secondary |
*Rodney Faulkner |
Obento Deluxe & Supreme |
| 34 |
Abbotsford |
Yale Secondary |
Catherine Stewart |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
Sharron Hansen |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
*Beatrice Howell |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
Lora Ngai |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
*Jodie Reynolds |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
Scott Smithson |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
Kim Timoshyk |
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| E35 |
Langley |
Topham Elementary |
Debbie Yeo |
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| 35 |
Langley |
Aldergrove Community Secondary |
Wanda Madokoro |
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| 35 |
Langley |
Langley Secondary |
*Richard Janzen |
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| 35 |
Langley |
Langley Secondary |
Denise Turner |
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| 35 |
Langley |
Walnut Grove Secondary |
Colin Sommerville |
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| 35 |
Langley |
Walnut Grove Secondary |
*Lucy Yoshioka |
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| 36 |
Surrey |
Fraser Heights Secondary |
*Angèle Sachiko Thibault |
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| 36 |
Surrey |
North Surrey Secondary |
*Lisa Duncan |
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| 37 |
Delta |
Seaquam Secondary |
*Wendy Yamazaki |
Adventures in Japanese 1, 2 & 3 |
| 37 |
Delta |
South Delta |
Neil Jensen |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
H. J. Cambie Secondary |
Yumiko Hayashi |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
H. J. Cambie Secondary |
*Grace Ho |
Ikiteiru Nihongo 1 & 2, Japanese for Senior Secondary Students 2, Bob Ward's resources, own materials |
| 38 |
Richmond |
H. J. Cambie Secondary |
Mark Kroeker |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
Hugh Boyd Secondary |
*Mimi Matsuo |
Adventures in Japanese |
| 38 |
Richmond |
Hugh McRoberts Secondary |
Paul Morrison |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
J. N. Burnett Secondary |
Dave Thumm |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
MacNeill Secondary |
*Aaron Littlewood |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
MacNeill Secondary |
*Julie Nishi |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
Richmond Secondary |
*Lisa Yasui |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
Robert A. McMath Secondary |
Akiko Kato |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
Robert A. McMath Secondary |
*Michi Tsurumi |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
R. C. Palmer Secondary |
Bill Fukazawa |
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| 38 |
Richmond |
Steveston-London Secondary |
*Kim Hirose |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Eric Hamber Secondary |
*Satoko Hashigasako |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Gladstone Secondary |
*Noriko Kosaka |
Obento 1 & 2 |
| 39 |
Vancouver |
Gladstone Secondary |
*Kathleen White |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Killarney Secondary |
*Akemi Takizawa |
Speak Japanese 1 & 2, Yokoso 1 |
| 39 |
Vancouver |
Magee Secondary |
Pierre Ting |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Point Grey Secondary |
Ako Macdonald |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Prince of Wales Secondary |
Yayoi Hewett |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary |
*Tawnya Kozuki |
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| 39 |
Vancouver |
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary |
*Sarah Wakabayashi |
Ikiteiru Nihongo, Adventures in Japanese 2, Japanese in Modules, Yokoso 2, Kihon Kanji 1 |
| ES39 |
Vancouver |
St. George's School |
*Martha Bassett |
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| ES39 |
Vancouver |
West Point Grey Academy (Ind.) |
*Susan Kimura |
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| 40 |
New Westminster |
New Westminster Secondary |
*Kathy Shannon
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| 40 |
New Westminster |
New Westminster Secondary |
*Alice Kuo
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| 41 |
Burnaby |
Alpha Secondary |
*Cathrine Conings |
Ikiteiru Nihongo 1 & 2, Moshi Moshi, Pera Pera, Kimono 1, 2 & 3, NTC Japanese, Nihongo Ichiban (Michi Tsurumi's book) |
| 41 |
Burnaby |
Moscrop Secondary |
*Patrik Parkes |
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| 41 |
Burnaby |
Burnaby Central Secondary |
*Margaret Ritchie |
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| 41 |
Burnaby |
Burnaby Mountain Secondary |
*Sachiko Renovich |
Kimono 1 & 2, Japanese in Modules 1 & 2, Genki 1 & 2 |
| 41 |
Burnaby |
Burnaby North Secondary |
*Kyoko Van der Velden |
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| 41 |
Burnaby |
Burnaby South Secondary |
*Karen Eden |
Obento 1, Adventures in Japanese 1 & 2 |
| 41 |
Burnaby |
Byrne Creek Secondary |
Judy Fujiki |
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| 42 |
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |
Maple Ridge Secondary |
*Aaron McKimmon |
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| 42 |
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows |
Thomas Haney Secondary |
*Michiyo Watanabe |
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| E43 |
Coquitlam |
Coquitlam College (Ind.) |
*Sonia Chhabra |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Hazel Trembath Elementary |
*Arlene Hatto |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Centennial Secondary |
*Naoko Martin |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Dr. Charles Best Secondary |
Shannon Joba |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Dr. Charles Best Secondary |
Matthew Last |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Gleneagle Secondary |
*Mika Johnson |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Gleneagle Secondary |
Doug Mancell |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Heritage Woods |
Melody Ferrer |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Heritage Woods |
Alan Soiseth |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Pinetree Secondary |
*Colleen Lee |
Obento Deluxe, 2, 3 & Senior + own materials |
| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Pinetree Secondary |
Andy O'Neill |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Port Moody Secondary |
Cam Fraser |
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Port Moody Secondary |
*Alison Wylie
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| 43 |
Coquitlam |
Riverside Secondary |
*Catherine Yamamoto |
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| 45 |
West Vancouver |
Rockridge Secondary |
Christy Coulthard |
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| 45 |
West Vancouver |
Sentinel & West Vancouver |
*Yukiko Shiroki |
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| 45 |
West Vancouver |
exchange teacher |
*Miho Suzuki |
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| 61 |
Greater Victoria |
Glenlyon Norfolk School |
Lance Pimlott |
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| 61 |
Greater Victoria |
Oak Bay Secondary |
Lana Rahn |
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| 61 |
Greater Victoria |
Victoria Secondary |
Dale Sakiyama |
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| 61 |
Greater Victoria |
Spectrum Community School |
Tom Gordon |
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| ES61 |
Greater Victoria |
St. Margaret's School (Ind.) |
*Michie Habuchi |
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| ES61 |
Greater Victoria |
St. Margaret's School (Ind.) |
*Sean Holland |
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| ES61 |
Greater Victoria |
St. Michaels University School (Ind.) |
*Harumi Hart |
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| ES61 |
Greater Victoria |
St. Michaels University School (Ind.) |
*Toshie Thumm |
own materials |
| 62 |
Sooke |
Belmont Secondary |
*Mayumi Kurokawa |
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| 62 |
Sooke |
Dunsmuir Middle School |
*Rupert Gadd |
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| E62 |
Sooke |
Willway Elementary School |
Mary Helen Littleton |
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| 63 |
Saanich |
Stelly's Secondary |
Naomi Fitzgerald |
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| 68 |
Nanaimo-Ladysmith |
Malaspina International High School |
Sayuri Kubota |
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| 68 |
Nanaimo-Ladysmith |
Wellington, Woodlands & John Barsby |
*Ryoko MacColl |
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| 69 |
Qualicum |
Kwalikum Secondary |
*Brad Wilson |
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| 70 |
Alberni |
Alberni District Secondary |
Russ Kristensen |
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| 71 |
Comox Valley |
Highland Secondary |
*Dale Hallier |
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| 72 |
Campbell River |
retired - TOC |
*Mitzi Ogasawara |
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| 73 |
Kamloops |
Brocklehurst Secondary |
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| 73 |
Kamloops |
Sahali Secondary |
Peter Paravantes |
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| 73 |
Kamloops |
South Kamloops Secondary |
John Annicchiarico |
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| 73 |
Kamloops |
South Kamloops Secondary |
Darren Holmes |
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| 73 |
Kamloops |
TOC |
Ross Humphrey |
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| 79 |
Cowichan Valley |
Frances Kelsey Secondary |
Perry Foster |
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| 79 |
Cowichan Valley |
Chemainus Secondary |
*Kevin O'Donnell |
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| 79 |
Cowichan Valley |
Cowichan Secondary |
Rita Mizuno |
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| 79 |
Cowichan Valley |
Lake Cowichan Seconday (Int'l co-ordinator) |
Karen Kloske |
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| 79 |
Cowichan Valley |
Queen Margaret's School (Ind.) |
*Yoko Arai |
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| 83 |
North Okanagan-Shuswap |
A. L. Fortune Secondary |
Terry Shykora |
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| 83 |
North Okanagan-Shuswap |
Salmon Arm Sr. Secondary |
Pam Chudiak |
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| 83 |
North Okanagan-Shuswap |
Salmon Arm Sr. Secondary |
*Dan DeRosa |
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| 85 |
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Port Hardy Secondary
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*Stacia Johnson
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Post Secondary
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UBC |
*Rebecca Chau
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(UBC Education)
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*Hana Dethlefsen
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UBC Okanagan
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*Nina Langton
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UBC Okanagan
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*Alwyn Spies
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Vancouver Island University
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*Kimi Furuta
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Okanagan College
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*Mitsuyo Kaneda
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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*Seiko Roberts
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Capilano University
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*Kazuko Mito
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University of Fraser Valley
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*Yuga Collier
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| Others |
The Japan Foundation Language Advisor
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*Yoshimi Hirata
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former Language Advisor
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*Ayumi Nagatomi
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The Japan Foundation Toronto
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*Noriko Saito
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The Japan Foundation, Rome
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*Shunko Muroya
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not currently teaching Japanese
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TOC? |
*Takashi Yamada
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*Sachio Jibiki
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*Eleni van Hemert
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*Ben Wang
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*Janine Collinson
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TOC in Burnaby and New Westminster |
*Makoto Aihara |
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22-Vernon Secondary
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*Debbie Parmenter
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35-R. E. Mountain Secondary
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*Wendy Sokugawa
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41-Burnaby South Secondary
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*Sawako Tsutsumi
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43-Port Moody Secondary
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*Sean Lenihan
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79-Chemainus Secondary
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*Kevin O'Donnell
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*Hana Kikawa
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Pleasant Valley High School, California
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*Michelle Martin
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