UBC faculty members elected to the Royal Society of Canada

September 3, 2024

A total of fifteen UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as new Fellows and as Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

Seven UBC faculty members have been named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. 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.

Eight UBC faculty members were named as Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. The RSC College is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership.

The 2024 Fellows and Members will be welcomed into the RSC in November, at the RSC Celebration of Excellence and Engagement.

NEW FELLOWS

  • Barbara Dancygier (Department of English Languages and Literatures, UBC Vancouver) 
  • Patricia Duff (Department of Language & Literacy Education, UBC Vancouver) 
  • Torsten Nielsen (Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC Vancouver)
  • Gina Ogilvie (School of Population and Public Health, UBC Vancouver) 
  • Cindy Prescott (Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, UBC Vancouver)
  • Margo Seltzer (Department of Computer Science, UBC Vancouver)
  • Edward Slingerland (Department of Philosophy, UBC Vancouver)

NEW MEMBERS OF THE COLLEGE OF NEW SCHOLARS, ARTISTS AND SCIENTISTS

  • Mohammad Arjmand (School of Engineering, UBC Okanagan)
  • Marie Auger-Méthé (Department of Statistics / Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Vancouver)
  • Kayla King (Departments of Zoology and Microbiology & Immunology, UBC Vancouver) 
  • Andrea Reid (Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, UBC Vancouver)
  • Dylan Robinson (School of Music, UBC Vancouver)
  • Manish Sadarangani (Department of Pediatrics, UBC Vancouver) 
  • Azim Shariff (Department of Psychology, UBC Vancouver)
  • Heidi Tworek (Department of History and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC Vancouver) 

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