Walner OSNA studied sociology at the Faculty of Human Sciences at the State University of Haiti. He is

currently studying for a Master's degree in Sociology at the School of Sociological and Anthropological

 

Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa. His thesis project is a socio-

historical analysis of the resistance of the population of Ile-à-Vache (Haiti) to the ecotourism

 

development project of the State. Its concerns generally relate to the following themes: Decolonial

Theories, State and Coloniality, Extractivism, Development and Development Policies, Eco-Tourism,

Neoliberalism, Social Movement, Popular Education and Social Transformation. He has a long

organizational experience. He has been a member of the Group of Research and Support for the

Development of Territorial Communities (GRAD) since 2011 and a member of the Gramscian Literature

Study Circle (CELG) since 2009. He was Vice-President for Sociocultural Affairs of the Sociology and

Anthropology Graduate Students Association (SAGSA) from September 2018 to September 2019. He is

also a volunteer on the Academic Affairs Committee of the Graduate Students' Association (GSAED) of

the University of Ottawa since the fall of 2018.