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Professor Norman Cornett
UNITED STATES · 2009

Professor Norman Cornett

Alanis Obomsawin
academic freedom unconventional education institutional injustice university politics teacher-student relationships
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Synopsis

This feature documentary by Alanis Obomsawin is a thoughtful tribute to Norman Cornett, a McGill University professor celebrated by scores of students appreciative of his unconventional yet powerful teaching methods who was controversially dismissed from his teaching duties in 2007.

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