Professor O鈥橳oole teaches Aboriginal Law, Indigenous Legal Philosophy, and Philosophy of Law. Throughout his studies in Political Science, Professor O鈥橳oole maintained an interest in Canadian Politics, the History of Political Ideas, Political Economy, Methodology and Epistemology. A descendant of the Bois-Br没l茅 (Wiisakodewininiwag) of the White Horse Plains in Manitoba, who in 1870 foisted upon the nascent Dominion of Canada the first French common law jurisdiction in the British Empire, Professor O鈥橳oole studied the common law in French at the Universit茅 de Moncton. After completing his law degree, Professor O鈥橳oole completed a Ph.D. dissertation involving an analysis of the 鈥渄iscourse鈥 of the M茅tis Resistance in 1869-70 that reveals republican conventions both in both speech and act.
Professor O鈥橳oole鈥檚 published research has focused on the land claims of his M茅tis ancestors that led to the Manitoba M茅tis Federation v. Canada and Manitoba case. His current research explores the Anishinabek legal order, for which he received Grant from University of Ottawa鈥檚 Research Development Programme in 2012-2013. His work on Indigenous law, notably in terms of relations with the land and self-determination, has led to an interest in legal anthropology and legal pluralism