20.3062, Media: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan

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Subject: 20.3062, Media: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan

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Date: 09-Sep-2009
From: Huamei Han < huameihuamei at yahoo.ca >
Subject: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan
 

	
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Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:33:56
From: Huamei Han [huameihuamei at yahoo.ca]
Subject: Ainu Teaching Controversy at Hokkaido University, Japan

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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


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