Media: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan
| Submitter: |
Huamei Han
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| Submitter Email: | huameihuamei@yahoo.ca |
| Linguistic Field(s): |
Applied Linguistics Language Documentation Discipline of Linguistics |
| Media Body: |
I'm sending this posting on behalf of Ryuko Kubota. Please see below. Thanks, Huamei Han Times Higher Education published the following article about three professors who were fired by Hokkaido University of Education for teaching an indigenous language in Japan. A lawsuit is still underway. For more information and support, please contact Ryuko Kubota. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=407967 -- Ryuko Kubota Professor Department of Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education University of British Columbia, 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada Phone: 604-822-3950 Fax: 604-822-3154 Email: ryuko.kubota@ubc.ca http://www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/kubota.htm |
| Issue Number: | 20.3062 |
| Date Posted: | September 09, 2009 |
