Kakehashi Project Student Exchange Promotes Understanding Between Japan and Canada
Students of the University of Tokyo and Waseda University pose with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne (centre right) and
Consul-General of Japan in Toronto Yasunori Nakayama (centre left) at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
On March 27, 19 students from University of Tokyo and 18 students from Waseda University visited the Legislative Building at Queen’s Park as part of their Canadian tour on the exchange program called the Kakehashi Project”. While at Queen’s Park, the students met with the Hon. Mitzie Hunter, Ontario’s Minister of Education, and had a photo opportunity with the Hon. Kathleen Wynne, the Premier of Ontario. That evening, they and their Canadian counterparts attended a reception in their honour at the official residence of the Consul-General of Japan, Mr. Yasunori Nakayama. At the reception, Minister Mitzie Hunter and Deputy Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Sheldon Levy gave speeches encouraging the students to act as a bridge between the two countries.
The Kakehashi Project sends Japanese and Canadian students to each other’s countries for a 10-day visit. This year the exchange program consisted of students majoring in city planning and architecture: 17 students from the University of Toronto, Ryerson University and the University of Waterloo who visited Japan from February 17 to 25; and Japanese students of the University of Tokyo and Waseda University who visited Ontario from March 21 to 28.
Canadian and Japanese students of the Kakehashi Project pose with Education Minister Mitzie Hunter (centre),
Consul-General of Japan in Toronto Yasunori Nakayama (centre right) and
Deputy Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Sheldon Levy (far right) at the Consul-General’s official residence.
