Bior Ajak

McGill University Alumnus

Bior was born in South Sudan during the second phase of the Sudanese civil war. Leaving his family behind, at the age of 10, he would find himself in Kenya as a refugee, where he grew up with his great aunt and relatives. He completed both his primary and secondary education in Kenya, after which he emerged as the best male student in his district during the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) national examinations. This performance won him a spot in the Equity Leaders Program (ELP), where he joined the Equity Group Foundation (EGF) in Nairobi, Kenya. At EGF, he received college counselling and college application support, through which he gained admission to McGill University as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar.

Bior holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and currently works as a Commercial Banker in Montreal, Canada. He is passionate about financial inclusion, access to education, and food security, particularly for refugees and marginalized communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. He is currently involved with mentorship programs supporting high school students in Montreal as well as projects supporting refugees in Kenya. Bior is currently a member of the Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) on the DREEM Project by the World University Service of Canada (WUSC).