MakeWay is excited to welcome Resiliency & Sustainability Advocate, Biboye (Bo) Aganaba (he/him), as the newest member of our Board of Directors! Bo is the Executive Director of Leading Change, where he is responsible for the operations, fundraising, and strategic planning of the organization. He lives and works from unceded Algonquin territory (Ottawa, ON).
As the son of Nigerian immigrants and also having lived in multiple countries, Bo is a self-described global citizen. He is passionate about the relationships between urbanism, ecology, social justice, and how we can embrace the wisdom of the natural world within the places that we live.
Bo studied urban ecology at Thompson Rivers University where he was a Sustainability Ambassador, advocating for more sustainable practices and behaviours on campus. He also spent time at Aalborg University in Denmark, completing the Climate Science and Sustainable Cities Master’s Program. Through his time at Aalborg University, Bo had the opportunity to engage with local and national stakeholders in various projects and policy proposals – learning more about what sustainability looks like on the Danish national stage and in Europe.
“I am excited to be joining the board of directors for MakeWay because I believe that making an impact starts at the community level,” said Bo. “There are so many amazing people on the ground working to make things better, and empowering those passionate people makes all the sense in the world to me.”
With Leading Change, Bo is empowering youth sustainability leadership across Canada. He sees this next decade as a critical opportunity to introduce a new set of values and norms into the workplace in order to help Canada reach its climate goals in a sustainable, equitable, and socially-just manner. “We’re grateful and excited to welcome another young strategic leader, so committed to climate action, to the MakeWay board team,” said MakeWay CEO, Joanna Kerr.
