Eliane Ubalijoro

Eliane Ubalijoro is a scientist and executive of Rwanda-Canada. She specializes in sustainable development and global health initiatives.

Early life and education She was born in Rwanda in 1972. She obtained her PHD in Molecular Genetics from McGill University.

Career Ubalijoro serves as a Chief Executive Officer of the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), dealing with environmental challenges, food security worldwide and climate resilience. She was an Executive Director of Sustainability in the Digital Age and the Canada Hub Director for future Earth from 2021 to March 2023. In a Montreal-based biotechnology company, she was a scientific director. Ubalijoro also undertook some consulting work in Haiti and Africa in relation to sustainable climate-resilient economic growth.

Eliane Ubalijoro has been a Professor of Practice for Public-Private Sector Partnerships at McGill University's Institute for the Study of International Development since 2008. She serves at Gates Foundation Grand Challenges in Global Health Phase 2 project as a Project Manager. She was previously an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at McGill.

Notable memberships

Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (Impact Advisory Board member) Rwanda's National Science and Technology Council (member)

Selected publications