Who is bianca?

Bianca Mugyenyi is an activist, author, journalist and organizer with over twenty years of experience working in movement spaces and on high-impact campaigns. She first came to Canada at the age of five, after her family fled political persecution in her native Uganda. These roots fostered her life-long dedication to social, environmental and economic justice which is evident throughout her work.

Bianca was the Co-Executive Director and co-founder of The Leap where she helped build a national movement linking climate justice, economic justice, and political transformation. She was also the co-founder and Director of the Canadian Foreign Policy Institute, where she helped build one of the country’s leading platforms for critical analysis of Canadian foreign policy, militarism, and global justice.

A seasoned communicator, Bianca is the co-author of Stop Signs: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay (Fernwood Publishing) and has published widely in outlets including the Toronto Star, CBC News, Ottawa Citizen, The Tyee, The Breach, rabble.ca, Canadian Dimension and others. Her writing and public work focus on foreign policy, economic inequality, climate justice, and the political consequences of militarism and empire.

Bianca has held senior leadership and governance roles across a wide range of organizations, including serving as a board member of the Council of Canadians, Research for the Frontlines, the Centre for Gender Advocacy, as well as QPIRG–Concordia and the Canadian Federation of Students–Quebec. She has also played key roles in grassroots organizing, including co-founding Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, working with Haiti Action Montreal, and supporting community-based media and cultural initiatives.

Her work is grounded in anti-racism, feminism, climate justice and internationalism, and shaped by a deep belief in collective action and democratic renewal.