Keshab Thapa
Research Assistant (2022-current)
Keshab is part of the Bagale Thapa clan of the Kshyatri caste of Nepal. His PhD research is related to land-based reconciliation, land use and occupancy, traditional ecological knowledge documentation, community-led biodiversity management, and climate change adaptation. He has 9 years of experience in community-based research and development in climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture, and participatory biodiversity management in Nepal. In Canada, Keshab is focused on learning from the experiences and perspectives of Indigenous community members, Indigenous scholars, and decolonizing researchers to apply multiple ways of knowing.
Education
PhD, Land-based Reconciliation, University of Manitoba
MSc, Natural Resource Management, University of Manitoba
MSc, Conservation Ecology, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
BSc, Environmental Science, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
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Thapa, K., Laforest, M., Banning, C., & Thompson, S. (2024). “Where the Moose Were”: Fort William First Nation’s Ancestral Land, Two–Eyed Seeing, and Industrial Impacts. Land, 13(12), 2029. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13122029
Thapa, K. and Thompson, S. (2020) Applying Density and Hotspot Analysis for Indigenous Traditional Land Use: Counter-Mapping with Wasagamack First Nation, Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 8, 285-313. doi: 10.4236/gep.2020.810019.
Thompson, S., Thapa, K., & Whiteway, N. (2019). Sacred Harvest, Sacred Place: Mapping Harvesting Sites in Wasagamack First Nation. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9(B), 251–279. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2019.09B.017
Thapa, K. (2018). Indigenous land rights and indigenous land use planning: Exploring the relevance and significance to Wasagamack First Nation, northern Manitoba, Canada.