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 2000-2025.
Barbara Arneil
Political Science
Year inducted: 2022
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Paul Beaudry
Vancouver School of Economics
Year inducted: 2004
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Izak Benbasat
(Professor Emeritus)
Sauder School of Business
Year inducted: 2005
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Susan B. Boyd
(Professor Emeritus)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Year inducted: 2012
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Julie Cruikshank
(Professor Emerita)
Anthropology
Year inducted: 2010
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Peter Dauvergne
Political Science
Year inducted: 2018
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Michael Devereux
Vancouver School of Economics
Year inducted: 2017
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Patricia Duff
Language and Literacy Education
Year inducted: 2024
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Eric Eich
(Professor Emeritus)
Psychology
Year inducted: 2003
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Robert Evans
(Professor Emeritus)
Vancouver School of Economics, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
Year inducted: 2000
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Isabel Grant
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Year inducted: 2021
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Derek Gregory
(Professor Emeritus)
Geography
Year inducted: 2004
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Thomas Lemieux
Vancouver School of Economics
Year inducted: 2010
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Kai Li
Sauder School of Business
Year inducted: 2022
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Kathleen Martin Ginis
School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Medicine
Year inducted: 2023
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Bonny Norton
Language and Literacy Education
Year inducted: 2016
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Martha Piper
(Professor Emeritus)
President's Office 1997-2006, 2015-2016
Year inducted: 2008
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Pitman Potter
(Professor Emeritus)
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Year inducted: 2015
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Leonie Sandercock
School of Community and Regional Planning
Year inducted: 2020
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Veronica Strong-Boag
(Professor Emeritus)
Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice, Educational Studies
Year inducted: 2001
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Sunera Thobani
Asian Studies
Year inducted: 2022
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