Lama Mugabo

Lama Mugabo is a community planner passionate about social food security, climate and economic development. He holds a BA in communications (SFU) and MA in community and regional planning (UBC).

He is the founding director of Building Bridges with Rwanda (BBR), a non-profit organization that promotes sustainable development projects in Rwanda. In Canada, BBR engages local audiences in understanding the Rwandan development model through dialogue and learning exchange workshops. In 2019, BBR joined hands with Vancouver’s Hogan’s Alley Society and SFU’s Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement to launch the Remember Rwanda 25 Year Legacy Project, at SFU. The RR25 LP will lead a reflection tour to Rwanda every summer and organize a bi-annual conference on the Rwandan development model.

Lama uses storytelling as a community planning tool to understand problems and work collectively to find lasting solutions.