UBC Award Winners

UBC researchers have won countless awards, fellowships and prizes for their meaningful contributions to society. ORPA maintains the list below to showcase and celebrate UBC successes.

Please kindly contact research.prizes@ubc.ca to add missing prizes or names so we can celebrate even more of our award winners.

Award Award Winner(s) Award Year Read More
AAAS Fellowship

Dolph Schluter (Zoology)

2024
Benjamin Franklin Medals

Janet Werker, Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science (Psychology)

2024
Order of Canada

lax̌lax̌tkʷ Jeannette Christine Armstrong, O.C. (Community, Culture and Global Studies)


Barbara Arneil, C.M. (Political Science)


John Fleetham, C.M. (Medicine)


Sally Thorne, C.M. (School of Nursing)


Keith Walley, C.M. (Medicine)


Michael Wulder, C.M. (Canadian Forest Service/Faculty of Forestry)

2023
Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership — Professor

Bern Klein (Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering)

2023
AAAS Fellowship

Rashid Sumaila (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries/School of Public Policy and Global Affairs)

2023
Sloan Research Fellowships

Allanah Hallas (Physics & Astronomy)

2023
Order of Canada

Steven Lewis Point, O.C. (UBC Chancellor; Peter A. Allard School of Law 1991-1994)


Morris Barer, C.M. (Emeritus, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and School of Population and Public Health)


Deborah McColl Money, C.M. (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)

2023
Royal Society of Canada Fellows

Timothy Cheek (History / School for Public Policy and Global Affairs)


Leah Edelstein-Keshet (Mathematics) 


Catherine L.  Johnson (Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences)


Kevin Leyton-Brown (Computer Science) 


Kathleen Martin Ginis (School of Health and Exercise Sciences / Medicine) 


Diane S. Srivastava (Zoology)


Mark van Raamsdonk (Physics and Astronomy) 

2023
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars

Matt Lowe (Vancouver School of Economics)

2023
Crafoord Prize

Dolph Schluter (Zoology)

2023
YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Connie Eaves (Medical Genetics and SBME)

2023
SSHRC Impact Awards

Andrew Martindale, Connection Award (Anthropology)

2023
Rutherford Memorial Medals

Emily D. Cranston (Wood Science / Chemical and Biological Engineering)

2023
YWCA Women of Distinction Awards

Margot Young (Peter A. Allard School of Law)

2023
Humboldt Research Fellowship

Bianca Eskelson (Forest Resources Management) 


Ervin Malakaj (Central, Eastern, and Northern European Studies)

2023
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Daniel Pauly and Rashid Sumaila (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)

2023
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Shannon Walsh (Theatre and Film)

2023
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Emily D. Cranston (Wood Science / Chemical and Biological Engineering)


 Jian Liu (School of Engineering)


Eli Puterman (School of Kinesiology) 

2023
NRC Killam Prize

Sally Otto, Killam Prize in Natural Sciences (Zoology)


Pieter Cullis, Killam Prize in Health Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2023
Order of British Columbia

Penny Ballem (Medicine)


Jane Buxton (School of Population and Public Health)


Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and molecular Biology)

2023
Royal Society (UK) Fellows

Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2023
Royal Society of Canada Fellows

Barbara Arneil (Political Science)


Jiahua Chen (Statistics) 


Villy Christensen (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)


Nicholas Coops (Forest Resources Management)


Marcel Franz (Physics & Astronomy)


Kai Li (Sauder School of Business)


Steven Miller (Pediatrics / BC Children's Hospital)


Fabio Rossi (School of Biomedical Engineering / Medical Genetics)


Margaret Schabas (Philosophy)


Sunera Thobani (Asian Studies)

2022
Guggenheim Fellowships

Karen Bakker (Geography)

2022
Miroslaw Romanowski Medal

Rashid Sumaila (Institute for Oceans & Fisheries)

2022
GG Innovation Awards

Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2022
AGU Awards and Fellows

Sean Michaletz, Global Environmental Change Early Career Award (Botany)

2022
EIC Honours, Awards and Fellowships

Rehan Sadiq, Fellow (UBCO School of Engineering) 


Dharma Wijewickreme, John B. Stirling Medal (Civil Engineering)

2022
Canada Gairdner Awards

Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2022
VinFuture Prize

Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

2022
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Karim Khan (Family Practice)


Kathleen Martin Ginis (Medicine)


Julio Montaner (Medicine)


Sabrina Wong (Nursing)

2022
Simons Fellows in Mathematics

Ailana Fraser (Mathematics)

2022
Schmidt Science Polymaths

Sudip Shekhar (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

2022
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Kimberley Brownlee (Philosophy)


Eric Li (Management)


Christoph Ortner (Mathematics)

2022
Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Mark Halpern, Gary Hinshaw, Ingrid Stairs, and Mandana Amiri (Physics & Astronomy)

2022
Kitty Newman Award

Kimberley Brownlee (Philosophy)

2022
Order of British Columbia

Nadine Caron (Medicine)

2022
University Killam Professor

Nemy Banthia (Civil Engineering)


Dominic McIver Lopes (Philosophy)


Natalie Strynadka (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)

2022
Order of Canada

Paul Joseph Dubord, O.C. (Ophthalmology, Emeritus)


Donald Arthur Enarson, O.C. (deceased) (Former faculty member, Medicine)


Granger Richard Avery, C.M. (Family Practice)


Eva-Marie Kröller, C.M. (English Language and Literatures, Emerita)


Martin T. Schechter, C.M. (School of Population and Public Health)

2022
Canadian Society of Zoologists Awards

Patricia Schulte, F.E.J. Fry Medal (Zoology)

2022
Order of Canada

Dr. Allen Eaves, O.C., O.B.C. (Emeritus, Department of Medicine)


Dr. Paula Gordon, O.C. (Department of Radiology)


Dr. David Ley, O.C. (Emeritus, Geography)


Dr. Pitman Potter, C.M. (Emeritus, Peter A. Allard School of Law)

2022
Jean Monnet Fellowships

Gaoheng Zhang (French, Hispanic and Italian Studies)

2022
Sloan Research Fellowships

Ben Matthews (Zoology)

2021
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars

Yang-Yang Zhou (Political Science)

2021
SSHRC Impact Awards

Rashid Sumaila, Partnership Award (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries / School of Public Policy and Global Affairs)

2021
Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships

Emily Cranston (Wood Science, Chemical & Biological Engineering) [Former award name E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship]

2021
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Teresa Liu-Ambrose (Physical Therapy)


Gina Ogilvie (School of Population and Public Health)


Anita Palepu (Department of Medicine)

2021
EIC Honours, Awards and Fellowships

Savvas G Hatzikiriakos, Fellow (Chemical and Biological Engineering)

2021
Order of Canada

Pieter Cullis, O.C. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)


Connie Eaves, O.C. (Medical Genetics / School of Biomedical Engineering and distinguished scientist at the BC Cancer's Terry Fox Laboratory)


Donald McKenzie, O.C. (Kinesiology, Emeritus)


Walter Hardy, C.M. (Physics & Astronomy, Emeritus)


Curtis A. Suttle, C.M. (Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences)


Peter Zandstra, C.M. (School of Biomedical Engineering / Michael Smith Laboratories)

2021
CMS Research Prizes

Ailana Fraser, Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize (Mathematics)

2021
Order of British Columbia

Poul Sorensen (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)

 

2021
Royal Society of Canada Fellows

Alejandro Adem (Mathematics)


Jeannette Armstrong (Community, Culture and Global Studies)


Curtis Berlinguette (Chemistry / Chemical and Biological Engineering)


Isabel Grant (Peter A. Allard School of Law)


Stephen Guy-Bray (English Language and Literatures)


C.W. (Toph) Marshall (Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies)


Raymond Ng (Computer Science)


Roger Wilson (Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies)


Alison Wylie (Philosophy)

2021
AAAS Fellowship

Shawn Mansfield (Forestry)

2021
Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society

Alejandro Adem (Mathematics)


Kai Behrend (Mathematics)

2020
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars

Alannah Hallas (Physics & Astronomy)

2020
Volvo Environment Prize

Claire Kremen (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Zoology)

2020
Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships

Mary O'Connor (Zoology) [Former award name E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship]


William Cheung (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) [Former award name E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship]

2020
Guggenheim Fellowships

Shaylih Muehlmann (Anthropology)


Shannon Walsh (Theatre and Film)

2020
WiSTEM2D Scholars Award

Carolina Tropini (Microbiology and Immunology)

2020
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Abbas S. Milani (School of Engineering / Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute)


Catharine Winstanley (Psychology)

2020
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Lori Brotto (Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Women’s Health Research Institute)


Stirling Bryan (School of Population and Public Health)


Allison Eddy (Pediatrics, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital)


Markus Haapasalo (Dentistry)


David Huntsman (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Cancer Research Centre)


Raymond W. Lam (Psychiatry, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute)


Joy Richman (Dentistry, BC Children's Hospital)


Lakshmi N. Yatham (Psychiatry, Vancouver Coastal and Providence Health Care Authorities)


Peter Zandstra (Biomedical Engineering, Michael Smith Laboratories)

2020
Order of Canada

Helen M. Burt, O.C. (Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation; Pharmaceutical Sciences)


Daniel Heath Justice, O.C. (First Nations and Indigenous Studies)


John Borrows, O.C. (Professor at the University of Victoria, former Associate Professor and First Nations Legal Studies Director (since renamed Indigenous Legal Studies) at UBC's Allard School of Law)


The Honourable Lynn Smith, O.C., Q.C. (Former Dean of Allard School of Law)


Robert Krell, C.M. (Psychiatry)

2020
Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Dana Claxton (Art History, Visual Art & Theory)


Kenneth Lum  (Art History, Visual Art & Theory)

2020
Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering

Allan Bertram (Chemistry)

2020
Weaver-Tremblay Award

Bruce Granville Miller (Anthropology)

2020
Royal Society of Canada Fellows

Jinhua Chen (Asian Studies)


Mark Halpern (Physics & Astronomy)


Scott Hinch (Forest & Conservation Sciences)


Ara Norenzayan (Psychology)


Leonie Sandercock (School of Community and Regional Planning)


Alla Sheffer (Computer Science)


Amanda Vincent (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

2020
CMS Research Prizes

Sujatha Ramdorai, Krieger-Nelson Prize (Mathematics)

2020
Order of Canada

Joseph Michael Connors, C.M. (Medicine)


David P. Wilkinson, C.M. (Chemical and Biological Engineering)


Roger Wong, C.M. (Medicine)


B. Lynn Beattie, C.M. (Medicine)


Izak Benbasat, C.M.  (Sauder School of Business)


Priscilla Edson Greenwood, C.M. (Statistics)


Stanley Hamilton, C.M. (Sauder School of Business)


John H. McNeill, C.M. (Pharmaceutical Sciences) 

2020
Indianapolis Prize

Amanda Vincent (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)

2020
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Annette Browne (Nursing)


Kenneth Craig (Psychology)


Linda Li (Physical Therapy)

2019
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate

Connie Eaves (Medical Genetics and School of Biomedical Engineering)

2019
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Vanessa Andreotti (Educational Studies)


Lukas Chrostowski (Electrical & Computer Engineering)

2019
Canada Gairdner Awards

Connie Eaves (Medical Genetics and School of Biomedical Engineering)

2019
Order of Canada

Arthur J. Ray, O.C (History, Emeritus)


Peter Suedfeld, O.C (Psychology)


Raymond J. Cole, C.M. (School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Emeritus)

2019
CMS Research Prizes

Julia Nelson, Krieger-Nelson Prize (Mathematics)

2019
Northern Science Award

Julie Cruikshank (Anthropology)

2019
Royal Society of Canada Fellows

Susanna Braund (Classical, Near Eastern & Religious Studies)


David Huntsman (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)


Patricia Schulte (Zoology)


Poul Sorensen (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)


Rashid Sumaila (Institute for Oceans & Fisheries)


Michael Whitlock (Zoology)


Juncheng Wei (Mathematics)

2019
Canadian Society of Zoologists Awards

Shadwick, Robert - F.E.J. Fry Medal (Zoology)

2019
AAAS Fellowship

Sarah Gergel (Forestry) 


Eric Eich  (Psychology)

2018
Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society

Martin Barlow (Mathematics)


Michael Bennett (Mathematics)


George Bluman (Mathematics)


David W. Boyd (Mathematics)


Ailana Fraser (Mathematics)


Nassif Ghoussoub (Mathematics)


Malabika Pramanik (Mathematics)

2018
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Karen Gelmon (Medical Oncology)


Dermot Kelleher (Medicine)


Timothy Kieffer (Cellular & Physiological Sciences)


Larry Lynd (Pharmaceutical Sciences)


Heather McKay (Family Practice)


Yuzhuo Wang (Urologic Sciences)

2018
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate

Brett Finlay (Microbiology & Immunology)

2018
Breakthrough Prize

Gary Hinshaw (Physics and Astronomy), Fundamental Physics

2018
EIC Honours, Awards and Fellowships

Dharma Wijewickreme, Fellow (Civil Engineering)

2018
Timothy R. Parsons Medal

Andrew Trites (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)

2018
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Lori Brotto (Obstetrics & Gynaecology)


Ayesha Chaudhry (Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice)


William Cheung (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)


Kiley Hamlin (Psychology)


Teresa Liu-Ambrose (Physical Therapy)

2018
CMS Research Prizes

Gordon Slade, Jeffery-Williams Prize (Mathematics)

2018
NRC Killam Prize

Janet Werker (Social Sciences) [Prize awarded by Canada Council]

2018
Order of Canada

Jo-ann Archibald, O.C. (Educational Studies)

 


Robert Hindmarch, C.M. (School of Kinesiology, Emeritus)


Bruce McManus, C.M. (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine)


Veronica Jane Strong-Boag, C.M (Educational Studies, Emerita)


Mark Thompson, C.M. (Sauder School of Business, Emeritus)

2018
CSSHE Research and Scholarship Award

Amy Metcalfe (Educational Studies)

2018
Royal Society of Canada Fellows

Uri Ascher (Computer Science)


Andrea Damascelli (Physics & Astronomy)


Shoukat Dedhar (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)


Peter Dauvergne (Political Science)


Bryan Gick (Linguistics)


Daniel Justice (First Nations and Indigenous Studies)


Shawn Mansfield (Wood Science)


Christopher Overall (Oral Biological and Medical Sciences)


Thomas Oxland (Mechanical Engineering/Orthopaedics)

2018
Guggenheim Fellowships

Bryan Gick (Linguistics)

2017
Volvo Environment Prize

Rashid Sumaila (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)

2017
SSHRC Impact Awards

Karen Bakker, Connection Award (Geography)

2017
Rutherford Memorial Medals

Ingrid Stairs (Physics & Astronomy), Physics

2017
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate

Michael Hayden (Medical Genetics)

2017
Sir John William Dawson Medal

Daniel Pauly (Institute for Oceans & Fisheries)

2017
Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

George Belliveau (Language & Literacy Education)


Kai Chan (Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability)


Christina Laffin (Asian Studies)


Joanna McGrenere (Computer Science)


Christian Steidl (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine)


Zhen (Jane) Wang (Electrical & Computer Engineering) 

2017
NRC Killam Prize

Julio Montaner (Health Sciences) [Prize awarded by Canada Council]

2017
Order of Canada

Michael Anthony Church, O.C. (Geography, Emeritus)


Anne Martin-Matthews, O.C. (Sociology)


Janet Werker, O.C. (Psychology)


Martin Gleave, C.M. (Urological Sciences)


Judy Illes, C.M. (Neurology)

2017
Royal Society (UK) Fellows

Gordon Slade (Mathematics)

2017
Synergy Awards for Innovation

Guy Dumont (Electrical and Computer Engineering)

2017
Sloan Research Fellowships

Russ Algar (Chemistry)


Mark Schmidt (Computer Science)

2017
University Killam Professor

Sally Otto (Zoology)


Daniel Pauly (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)


Janet Werker (Psychology)

2016
Paul Mellon Mid-Career Fellowships

Joseph Monteyne (Art History, Visual Art & Theory)

2016
SSHRC Impact Awards

Janet Werker, Gold Medal (Psychology)

2015
University Killam Professor

Robert E.W. Hancock (Microbiology and Immunology)


Julio Montaner (Medicine)


Loren Rieseberg (Botany)

2015
Prix Galien Canada Research Award

Brett Finlay (Michael Smith Laboratories, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Immunology)

2014
University Killam Professor

Sherrill E. Grace (English), Emerita

2010
International Cosmos Prize

Daniel Pauly (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries & Department of Zoology)

2005
University Killam Professor

Robert Evans (Economics), Emeritus


David Jones (Zoology), Deceased

2004
University Killam Professor

Ian K. Affleck (Physics and Astronomy), Emeritus


David Dolphin (Chemistry), Emeritus


Michael Hayden (Medical Genetics)

2003
University Killam Professor

Peter W. Hochachka (Zoology), Deceased


William H. New (English), Emeritus

2001
University Killam Professor

Kalevi Holsti (Political Science), Emeritus

1996
University Killam Professor

Patricia Baird (Medical Genetics), Emerita


Michael Smith (Biochemistry), Deceased

1995

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