Unstable Properties

Unstable Properties convincingly argues that the so-called land question in British Columbia cannot be resolved without understanding the fundamentally unstable ideological foundation of land and title arrangements on which the province rests.

Patricia Burke Wood is a professor of geography at York University. David A. Rossiter is a professor of geography at Western Washington University. They have co-authored several articles on the politics of Aboriginal title in the Canadian Geographer, Society and Natural Resources, and the Supreme Court Law Review.

"… Unstable Properties is an excellent resource."

The principles explored here are relevant to planners everywhere.

Bruce McIvor, UBC:

A welcome addition to a literature that has been dominated by lawyers, historians, journalists, and political scientists.

S. Perreault, CHOICE Connect:

This is critical reading for legal scholars and anyone interested in Indigenous rights.

Alan Hanna, assistant professor of law, University of Victoria:

One task of reconciliation is to learn the true history of the relationships between settlers, Indigenous peoples, colonialism, and the land. This book makes an important inroad toward that goal.