Free educational webinar
Concerned about Aboriginal title, government decisions, or what your property records actually say?
Join a presentation about Crown grants, land records, and steps you can take to become better informed. We will also explore a thought experiment: could voluntary agreements with willing First Nations offer another way to clarify the relationship between overlapping land interests?
Learn how to locate the records behind a parcel, read survey and legal-description evidence, and organize a careful land file before deciding what to do next.
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Course overview
Follow the evidence from foundational records to a structured file while keeping professional and legal boundaries clear.
Locate Crown grants, title instruments, historical files, survey plans, and related records—and understand where each fits in the research trail. Analyze your Crown Grant and find out whether the 60-year rule affects local bylaws on your parcel
Examine the questions raised by the Cowichan litigation without assuming that a headline determines your property’s position. Separate what a decision addresses, what remains disputed, and what would need to be investigated for a particular parcel.
A Thought Experiment: Explore proposed covenants, quitclaim agreements, and an Indigenous Land Patent concept. Consider the roles of voluntary participation, collective authorization, and a separate record alongside existing fee-simple title.
The webinar explains research, communication, and document-organization methods. It also asks you to consider if Aboriginal Title is a Problem or an Opportunity that could lead to a new direction for Canada.
Evidence into order
See how to compare Crown grant, title, survey, and historical records; identify open questions; prepare a structured request for clarification or notice; and preserve responses in one traceable file.
Could respectful agreement be part of the answer?
What could a willing property owner and an appropriately authorized First Nation choose to discuss directly?
This webinar explores two proposed approaches:
A proposed agreement recording specified recognition, releases, and commitments not to assert inconsistent claims—subject to the authority and legal limits that apply.
A thought experiment in which a First Nation, acting through its own collective decision-making process, issues a parcel-specific instrument under its own law, potentially recorded in a parallel registry alongside existing fee-simple title.
Could a First Nation’s own land instrument and a parallel registry support a clearer relationship with existing private ownership?
We will discuss the intended effects, the unresolved questions, and the difference between documenting an agreement and establishing its legal enforceability.
Participation would be voluntary. No First Nation’s support, consent, or endorsement is implied. A signature or registry entry alone is not a guarantee of title protection.
Participant path
The Indigenous proposal-letter and knowledge toolkit resource and service options are provided through the post-webinar participant path. They are not available from this public registration page.
Start with the records. Understand the questions. Explore what a respectful, voluntary next step could look like.
Join the free webinar and move from unanswered questions to a more informed starting point.
No. This page does not assess any individual property or predict the outcome of a claim. The webinar is an invitation to understand the records and questions that may be relevant to you—not a warning that you are about to lose your home.
It means becoming better informed, organizing relevant records, identifying unanswered questions, and understanding when to obtain qualified advice. It does not mean the webinar or a document guarantees your title, property value, financing, or exemption from public laws.
No. It is an exploratory proposal for discussion. The webinar distinguishes its intended First Nation-law effect from whatever independently valid effects Canadian law may recognize. It does not promise that a First Nation, court, land registry, lender, or insurer will accept it.
Yes—as a topic requiring careful examination. The Ontario Landowners Association advances an interpretation involving a 60-year limitation and Crown-granted land. It will be identified as that organization’s interpretation, not presented as a settled rule that every reservation or later regulation expires after 60 years. Any potential application requires property-specific historical and legal research.
No. The webinar introduces the records and questions to investigate. It is a starting point, not a substitute for an individual legal opinion.
