Left: Peter MacArthur, Senior Trade Commissioner, the Embassy of Canada in Tokyo;
Centre: Stephanie Wilson; Right: Toshikazu Takemori, Senior Researcher, Osaka Gas
Stephanie Wilson
Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia
Osaka Gas January 2008 – August 2008
I was fortunate to be invited to a 2008 Canada Day Celebration, put on by the Kansai Chamber of Commerce. My supervisor and I were the guests of Trade Commissioner Peter MacArthur, and he proved a gracious host. It was a delight to be able to celebrate Canada's 141st birthday with so many other Canadians and Canada supporters, despite being all the way across the world! I met many people from both Canada and Japan, enjoyed a delicious dinner, and learned more about the connection to Canada from the Kansai region - it is stronger and has been around longer than I thought! It was also a pleasure to be able to also meet and speak to Ambassador Joseph Caron, as well as several other representatives from the Canadian government. My supervisor and I were lucky in the prize draw, both winning (appropriately) authentic Canadian maple syrup - and my supervisor won an entire barbeque set. The evening was a great chance to meet some interesting and engaging people, and celebrate Canada on it's birthday!
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