Tom O’Neill is an anthropologist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. His research in Nepal dealt with petty-capitalism, child labor and youth “living rights” as carpet weavers. He also investigated labour migration and the effects of the Maoist insurgency on children and youth. His current research is on youth political engagement in Nepal’s emerging democracy. He is most recent book is The Heart of Helambu: Ethnography and Entanglement in Nepal (2016, University of Toronto Press).