Our Story
カナダにいても日本の文化に触れてほしい、子どもと日本語で会話がしたい、そんな想いを抱いた母親や父親たち4家族が中心となり、日本語幼稚園を設立する目的のもと2022年11月にNPO法人Westside Japanese Language Societyを立ち上げました。日本語幼稚園の数が限られる中、また一つの園がその20数年の歴史に幕を下ろすと知り、我が子を含む在園児、そして未来の子どもたちのためにNPOを設立するに至りました。
保育事業に加え、文化促進や子育て支援を柱に子供たちが生き生きと輝ける場所づくりに取り組んでいきます。
In November 2022, four families founded the Westside Japanese Language Society in Vancouver, Canada, with the objective of operating a non-profit Japanese immersion childcare facility. While hoping to send our children to a preschool with Japanese language curriculum, the options were limited in this city. When we found out that we were about to lose one of a few that this city had after twenty years of its operation, we felt compelled to preserve the space and opportunity for children in the present and future.
In addition to operating a preschool, our society aims to provide children with more opportunities to learn about Japanese art, culture and language. We will host a variety of cultural and educational programs, in order to facilitate conversations about children’s connections to Japan regardless of their heritage or non-heritage background.