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            <p><seg type="snippet">The land titles collection contains legal descriptions for <num corresp="statistics.xml#loiCollectionLandTitles"/> real estate properties and represents the genesis of research for the <title level="m">Landscapes of Injustice</title> project.</seg> Director Jordan Stanger-Ross initially gathered records from the BC Lands Titles and Survey Authority (LTSA) for an earlier study that evolved into LOI. The research team focussed on four sites of study: (1) Vancouver, specifically the Powell Street Neighbourhood, which prior to the dispossession included the oldest and largest Japanese Canadian enclave (in the present-day Downtown Eastside); (2) Fraser Valley farming communities in Maple Ridge; (3) Steveston, where a large Japanese Canadian settlement surrounded the fishing industry; and (4) Salt Spring Island, where the dispossession tore through a small community. The LOI team compiled this data to track ownership changes over time and create “stories” about these properties in the context of dispossession. The data was encoded in a MySQL database and available to view as raw data as well as on a digital map. GeoJSON coordinates can also be downloaded. For more details on the usage of this dataset, please see the <ref target="https://loi.uvic.ca/realestate"><title level="a">Data Guide</title></ref> for Jordan Stanger-Ross’s chapter, <title level="a">The Economic Impacts of the Dispossession,</title> in <ref target="https://www.mqup.ca/landscapes-of-injustice-products-9780228001713.php"><title level="m">Landscape of Injustice: A New Perspective on the Internment and Dispossession of Japanese Canadians</title></ref>.</p>
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