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Ferrer Canales taught Spanish in a high school located in the town of [[Humacao]] from 1937 to 1943. After receiving his master's degree, he was hired as a Spanish professor at his [[alma mater]]. That same year the university also awarded him a grant to study [[Spanish literature|Spanish]] and [[Latin American literature]] at [[Columbia University]] in New York City. In New York he was subject to racial discrimination however, that did not keep him from teaching Spanish at [[Hunter College]].<ref name="PRPC">[http://www.prpop.org/noticias/jul05/joseferrer_jul30.shtml Puerto Rican Popular Culture]</ref>
In 1946, he returned to the island and was offered a position in the
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Ferrer Canales retired in 1983, however Puerto Rican [[anthropologist]] [[Ricardo Alegría]] convinced him to come out of retirement and to teach in the Center of Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. He also had a column in the daily newspaper ''El Nuevo Día''. Ferrer Canales received many awards and recognitions during his lifetime, among them are the following:
* Professor
* Honorary
* Honorary
* Journalist Prize from the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture (1990).
* Honorary member of the Cuban Teachers Association (1992).
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