Academy of Social Sciences

Fellows are elected by their peers for their outstanding scholarly achievements. They are distinguished individuals from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life. This recognition by the RSC is the highest honour in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences.

More than 300 researchers and scholars from UBC have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada, including those from the Academy of Social Sciences listed below.

This database is currently being developed and currently only includes those inducted from 2011-2025.

  • Barbara Arneil

    Barbara Arneil


    Political Science

    Year inducted: 2022

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  • Trevor Barnes

    Trevor Barnes


    Geography

    Year inducted: 2011

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  • Susan Boyd

    Susan B. Boyd (Emerita)


    Peter A. Allard School of Law

    Year inducted: 2012

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  • Peter Dauvergne

    Peter Dauvergne


    Political Science

    Year inducted: 2018

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  • Michael Devereux

    Michael Devereux


    Vancouver School of Economics

    Year inducted: 2017

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  • Patricia Duff

    Patricia Duff


    Language and Literacy Education

    Year inducted: 2024

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  • Isabel Grant

    Isabel Grant


    Peter A. Allard School of Law

    Year inducted: 2021

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  • Steven Haine

    Steven Heine


    Psychology

    Year inducted: 2016

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  • Alan Kingstone

    Alan Kingstone


    Psychology

    Year inducted: 2012

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  • Kai Li

    Kai Li


    Sauder School of Business

    Year inducted: 2022

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  • Kathleen Martin Ginis

    Kathleen Martin Ginis


    School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Medicine

    Year inducted: 2023

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  • Ara Norenzayan

    Ara Norenzayan


    Psychology

    Year inducted: 2020

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  • Bonny Norton

    Bonny Norton


    Language and Literacy Education

    Year inducted: 2016

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  • Jamie Peck

    Jamie Peck


    Geography

    Year inducted: 2013

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  • Pitman Potter

    Pitman Potter (Emeritus)


    Peter A. Allard School of Law

    Year inducted: 2015

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  • Geraldine Pratt

    Geraldine Pratt


    Geography

    Year inducted: 2011

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  • Leonie Sandercock

    Leonie Sandercock


    School of Community and Regional Planning

    Year inducted: 2020

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  • Kiran Soma

    Kiran Soma


    Psychology

    Year inducted: 2025

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  • Sunera Thobani

    Sunera Thobani


    Asian Studies

    Year inducted: 2022

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