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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rutherford Memorial Medals | Emily D. Cranston (Wood Science / Chemical and Biological Engineering) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| University Killam Professor | Nemy Banthia (Civil Engineering) Dominic McIver Lopes (Philosophy) Natalie Strynadka (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) |
2023 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Crafoord Prize | Dolph Schluter (Zoology) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts | Shannon Walsh (Theatre and Film) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| NRC Killam Prize | Sally Otto, Killam Prize in Natural Sciences (Zoology) Pieter Cullis, Killam Prize in Health Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) |
2023 | Read the announcement |
| Order of British Columbia | Penny Ballem (Medicine) Jane Buxton (School of Population and Public Health) Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and molecular Biology) |
2023 | Read the announcement |
| Royal Society (UK) Fellows | Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars | Matt Lowe (Vancouver School of Economics) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Allanah Hallas (Physics & Astronomy) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| AAAS Fellowship | Rashid Sumaila (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries/School of Public Policy and Global Affairs) | 2023 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Schmidt Science Polymaths | Sudip Shekhar (Electrical and Computer Engineering) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| Kitty Newman Award | Kimberley Brownlee (Philosophy) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| VinFuture Prize | Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| AGU Awards and Fellows | Sean Michaletz, Global Environmental Change Early Career Award (Botany) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| Canada Gairdner Awards | Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship | Karim Khan (Family Practice) Kathleen Martin Ginis (Medicine) Julio Montaner (Medicine) Sabrina Wong (Nursing) |
2022 | Read the announcement |
| EIC Honours, Awards and Fellowships | Rehan Sadiq, Fellow (UBCO School of Engineering) Dharma Wijewickreme, John B. Stirling Medal (Civil Engineering) |
2022 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Canadian Society of Zoologists Awards | Patricia Schulte, F.E.J. Fry Medal (Zoology) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| Order of British Columbia | Nadine Caron (Medicine) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| GG Innovation Awards | Pieter Cullis (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Miroslaw Romanowski Medal | Rashid Sumaila (Institute for Oceans & Fisheries) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| Simons Fellows in Mathematics | Ailana Fraser (Mathematics) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Karen Bakker (Geography) | 2022 | Read the announcement |
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Rashid Sumaila, Partnership Award (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries / School of Public Policy and Global Affairs) | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| CMS Research Prizes | Ailana Fraser, Cathleen Synge Morawetz Prize (Mathematics) | 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 | Read the announcement |
| EIC Honours, Awards and Fellowships | Savvas G Hatzikiriakos, Fellow (Chemical and Biological Engineering) | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| Order of British Columbia | Poul Sorensen (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars | Yang-Yang Zhou (Political Science) | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| AAAS Fellowship | Shawn Mansfield (Forestry) | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Ben Matthews (Zoology) | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| Arthur B. McDonald Fellowships | Emily Cranston (Wood Science, Chemical & Biological Engineering) [Former award name E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship] | 2021 | Read the announcement |
| Volvo Environment Prize | Claire Kremen (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Zoology) | 2020 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Shaylih Muehlmann (Anthropology) Shannon Walsh (Theatre and Film) |
2020 | Read the announcement |
| WiSTEM2D Scholars Award | Carolina Tropini (Microbiology and Immunology) | 2020 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts | Dana Claxton (Art History, Visual Art & Theory) Kenneth Lum (Art History, Visual Art & Theory) |
2020 | Read the announcement |
| Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering | Allan Bertram (Chemistry) | 2020 | Read the announcement |
| Weaver-Tremblay Award | Bruce Granville Miller (Anthropology) | 2020 | Read the announcement |
| CMS Research Prizes | Sujatha Ramdorai, Krieger-Nelson Prize (Mathematics) | 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 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Indianapolis Prize | Amanda Vincent (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) | 2020 | Read the announcement |
| CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars | Alannah Hallas (Physics & Astronomy) | 2020 | |
| Fellow of the Canadian Mathematical Society | Alejandro Adem (Mathematics) Kai Behrend (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 | Read the announcement |
| Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship | Annette Browne (Nursing) Kenneth Craig (Psychology) Linda Li (Physical Therapy) |
2019 | Read the announcement |
| Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate | Connie Eaves (Medical Genetics and School of Biomedical Engineering) | 2019 | Read the announcement |
| Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists | Vanessa Andreotti (Educational Studies) Lukas Chrostowski (Electrical & Computer Engineering) |
2019 | Read the announcement |
| Canada Gairdner Awards | Connie Eaves (Medical Genetics and School of Biomedical Engineering) | 2019 | Read the announcement |
| CMS Research Prizes | Julia Nelson, Krieger-Nelson Prize (Mathematics) | 2019 | |
| Northern Science Award | Julie Cruikshank (Anthropology) | 2019 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | |
| Canadian Society of Zoologists Awards | Shadwick, Robert - F.E.J. Fry Medal (Zoology) | 2019 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | Read the announcement |
| Timothy R. Parsons Medal | Andrew Trites (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) | 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 | |
| CMS Research Prizes | Gordon Slade, Jeffery-Williams Prize (Mathematics) | 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 | |
| EIC Honours, Awards and Fellowships | Dharma Wijewickreme, Fellow (Civil Engineering) | 2018 | Read the announcement |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| AAAS Fellowship | Sarah Gergel (Forestry) Eric Eich (Psychology) |
2018 | |
| Sir John William Dawson Medal | Daniel Pauly (Institute for Oceans & Fisheries) | 2017 | |
| Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate | Michael Hayden (Medical Genetics) | 2017 | |
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Karen Bakker, Connection Award (Geography) | 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 | |
| Royal Society (UK) Fellows | Gordon Slade (Mathematics) | 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 | |
| Synergy Awards for Innovation | Guy Dumont (Electrical and Computer Engineering) | 2017 | |
| Sloan Research Fellowships | Russ Algar (Chemistry) Mark Schmidt (Computer Science) |
2017 | |
| Guggenheim Fellowships | Bryan Gick (Linguistics) | 2017 | |
| Rutherford Memorial Medals | Ingrid Stairs (Physics & Astronomy), Physics | 2017 | |
| Volvo Environment Prize | Rashid Sumaila (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries) | 2017 | |
| Paul Mellon Mid-Career Fellowships | Joseph Monteyne (Art History, Visual Art & Theory) | 2016 | |
| SSHRC Impact Awards | Janet Werker, Gold Medal (Psychology) | 2015 | |
| Prix Galien Canada Research Award | Brett Finlay (Michael Smith Laboratories, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Immunology) | 2014 |