June 22 — Hokkaido SIG Special :
JALT's Special Interest Groups
Venue: Hokkaido International School
**Check out video footage from this event on YouTube!

July 13 — Using the L1 to Support Second-Language Learning
Michael Critchley, Josai International University

October 18-19 — The 25th Annual Hokkaido Language Teaching Conference and the 2008 CALL Workshop
Venue: Hokusei Gakuen University and Sapporo Gakuin University

October 20 — Canadian Culture — On the Way to Where? (JALT/JACS Joint Event); Speaker: Robert Courchene, University of Ottawa (Canada)
Venue: Hokkai Gakuen University

* How about presenting at the 2008 Hokkaido Language Conference or CALL Workshop in October? Click here for details.

* JHJ Volume 11 (2007) still available for anyone interested in reading or publishing research papers.

Flash Gallery

The following shots reveal a glimpse of what you would see during the annual Yosakoi Festival in Sapporo, held early this year on account of the G8 summit. The performances were totally awesome! (Right-click on the photo viewer to change viewing properties.)

Next door is a music (instrumental) player. The Hokkaido bear was cute, but Voki.com has added annoying advertising that we can live without.