Walner Osna
Research Area
Entrance Cohort
Education
Graduate Visiting Student, Political Science, UBC, Summer 2026.
PhD Candidate, Sociology, University of Ottawa, 2026.
Master, Sociology, University of Ottawa, 2020.
Bachelor, Sociology, State University of Haiti.
Research
Land Grabbing, Megaproject, Food Sovereignty, Peasant Movement, Tourism
Publications
Osna, Walner. 2026. « Land as an issue of peasant resistance against the Destination Ile à Vache tourism megaproject ». In Justice, Power, and Mobility in Tourism, 1st ed. Taylor & Francis Group.
Osna, Walner. 2025. « 1825-2025 : De la rançon-dette à la colonialité en Haïti », Nouveaux cahiers du socialisme, (34): 222-233.
Osna, Walner. 2025. « Achille Mbembe et la critique postcoloniale ». Gazette Universitaire, septembre 20. https://www.gazetteuniv.com/achille-mbembe-et-la-critique-postcoloniale/.
Osna, Walner. 2025. « Du postcolonial à travers Saïd, Spivak et Bhabha ». Gazette Universitaire. 8 juin 2025. https://www.gazetteuniv.com/du-postcolonial-a-travers-said-spivak-et-bhabha/.
Steckley, Marylynn, Walner Osna, Joshua Steckley, Magalie Civil, et Peterson Derolus. 2025. « A Food Sovereignty Assessment: Massabielle, Haiti ». octobre 7. https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/food-sovereignty-assessment-massabielle-haiti-2025-enht.
Steckley, Marylynn, Walner Osna, Magalie Civil, & Joshua Steckley. 2025. “Untangling Food Sovereignty and Security on the Ground: Discursive Barriers to Scaling Up Food Sovereignty in Haiti”. Journal of Haitian Studies, 31(1): 167-197.
Steckley, Marylynn, Joshua Steckley, Walner Osna, Magalie Civil, et Peterson Derolus. 2025. « The problem with food security assessments and a case for food sovereignty evaluative tools: comparing food security and food sovereignty assessments in Haiti ». Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 0 (0): 1 27. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2025.2523848.
Steckley, Marylynn, Magalie Civil, Walner Osna, Joshua Steckley, et Steve Sider. 2025. “A Rapid Food Sovereignty and Health Assessment Tool: Haiti.” https://reliefweb.int/report/haiti/rapid-food-sovereignty-and-health-assessment-tool-haiti-enht.
Steckley, Marylynn, Magalie Civil, Walner Osna, Joshua Steckley, et Steve Sider. 2024. « A community-engaged tool for evaluating food sovereignty in Haiti and beyond ». Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 0 (0): 1 27. https://doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2024.2388694.
Osna, Walner. 2023. « Résistance Paysanne Contre Le Mégaprojet Touristique Destination Île-À-Vache ». Journal of Haitian Studies 29 (2): 4 38. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3084912101/abstract/E3C98286FE15498EPQ/1.
Steckley, Marylynn, Joshua Steckley, Walner Osna, Magalie Civil, et Steve Sider. 2023. « Food Sovereignty for Health, Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Equity: Radical Implications for Haiti ». Development Policy Review n/a (n/a): e12711. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12711.
Steckley, Marylynn, Joshua Steckley, Ida Harkness, Walner Osna, Magalie Civil, Weldenson Dorvil, et Steve Sider. 2022. « Gender, Food Security, and Social Determinants of Health in Haiti: A Systematic Review » 28 (2): 198 236. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2840376233/abstract/7BE13AFBAAC42D1PQ/1.
Osna, Walner. 2022. « (Éco)tourisme en Haïti : le cas du mégaprojet Destination Île à Vache », Téoros [Online], | 2022, Online since 22 April 2022. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/teoros/11018
Awards
Emerging Scholars Fund, Haitian Studies Association (HAS), États-Unis, 2022
Michel-Rolph Trouillot Scholarship, Haitian Studies Association (HAS), USA, 2025