Ship for World Youth XIII

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Reiko Tagami LIBR 500
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The Ship for World Youth is a programme of the
Cabinet Office of the Government of Japan. Each
year, approximately 150 young people from various
countries join with a similar number of Japanese
youth to participate in cultural exchange
activities, discussion groups, lectures, and
national presentations. Except for the first
several days in Japan, the program takes place at
sea on the cruise ship the Nippon Maru.
In 2000, I was one of nine Canadians to join this
fantastic voyage!
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• June 2000 I was accepted into SWY
• Our delegation met in cyberspace we met in
  person two months later
  
• We had a lot of work to do before the programme
• Learn about the participating countries
• National Presentation (more on this later)
• Find sponsors

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Sponsorship

• A nice Canadian for the
• King of Tonga - any suggestions?

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Safiya
Angela
Sam
Regina
Dana
Anna
Julie
Reiko
Louis

• The Canadian delegation met in Vancouver for a
• few days before flying to Tokyo to begin the
  Ship
  
• programme. Here we are at YVR with our many bags
• and boxes, ready to go!

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Ship for World Youth 2000

• Ports of call
• Tokyo, Japan
• Vladivostok, Russia
• Honolulu, USA
• Papeete, Tahiti
• Nukualofa, Tonga
• Auckland, NZ
• Singapore

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Ship Life
On the ship, three people shared one cabin.
Sometimes things got a little messy
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Ship Life

• Every morning, we met in Dolphin Hall for Morning
  Assembly
  
• We participated in clubs I joined the Japanese
  Tea Ceremony club
  
• Many activities were done in letter groups made
  up of one participant from each country plus
  several Japanese youth
  

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D-Group (my letter group)
Demonstrating the Tea Ceremony on Exhibition Day
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it
All you ever wanted to know about Canada, but
never got the chance to ask. Time limit 30 minu
tes Format Multimedia extravaganza
How do you describe all that is Canada, in the
space of 30 minutes, to 250 people who have never
been there? We were stumped.
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We opted for a historical overview - the costumes
were from the National Theatre School. A
Canadian landscapes slideshow was next,
followed by a brief enactment of Immigrating To
Canada. (We are all immigrants, after all)
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Dont worrywe didnt forget to make time for
FUN!!!
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Fun Times - Japan
Sam n me in Sansa Odori clothes
Temple in Morioka City
Slurping soba noodles
My homestay family
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CanadianParty
Real Canadian Girls
Its 400amwhy isnt anyone leaving? Were
tired!!!
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Beautiful Sights
Beach, Tonga
One Tree Hill, Auckland, NZ
Vladivostok, Russia
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and Beautiful People
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THE BEST PART now I have 250 brothers and
sisters all over the globe!
2000 SHIP FOR WORLD YOUTH Canada, Chile, Costa Ri
ca, Ecuador, Fiji, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Paraguay, Russia, Spain, Tanzania,
Tonga, United States, Venezuela