Lessons

Lessons

Start here each week – in this section, you will find a general description of our lesson plan for the week, including key learning outcomes and where to begin with your readings.

  • 29 Sept / 1 Oct 2025

    1. Introduction to the Course

    This first lesson will introduce you to the course structure and syllabus and help you to get familiar with our problem-based learning model.
  • 6 Oct / 8 Oct 2025

    2. Recognizing Land Relations

    Our second lesson of the term address the question of how relationships to land and place get recognized in law.
  • 26 Oct 2025

    3. Review

    We will take the opportunity of a short week to review the material and skills we have developed so far in the course and continue to practice analyzing and answering problems.
  • 20 Oct / 22 Oct 2025

    4. From Possession to Title?

    Building on the previous lesson's exploration of possession, this week we focus on the various meanings of "title" and their application in the context of Indigenous land rights recognized by Anglo-Canadian law.
  • 27 Oct / 29 Oct2025

    5. Governing Land Uses

    This week we examine the role of private law tools to govern land uses in the face of a conflict between neighbors, including issues of the appropriate remedy in nuisance and the circumstances in which restrictive covenants run with title to the land.