Awards

Our dynamic professors have a strong tradition of teaching and mentoring excellent students at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Our faculty have won numerous Killam Teaching Prize awards, the highest teaching honour bestowed by UBC, as well as several research awards.

Kerry Greer

Killam Teaching Prize

2020
Renisa Mawani Association for Asian American Studies, 

Outstanding Achievement in History

2020
Thomas Kemple

Killam Mentoring Prize

2019
Yue Qian

Alexis Walker Award

2019
Amanda Cheong

IUSSP CRVS 2019 Fellowship

2019
Sinikka Elliott

Co-PI of the Russell Sage Foundation, Economic Inequality Grant

2019-2021
Becki Ross

Angus Reid Practitioners/Applied Sociology Award

2019
Anne Martin-Matthews

Appointed to Associate Vice-President, Health at UBC

2019
Wendy Roth
Martha Foschi Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching 2019
Becki Ross

BC Studies Prize

2018
Amin Ghaziani
UBC Killam Research Prize 2018
Katherine Lyon
UBC Vantage One Teaching Award 2018
Lindsey Richardson
Awarded a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant 2018-2021
Lindsey Richardson
UBC Community-University Engagement Support Bridge Fund Grant 2018-2019
Qiang Fu
Elected to the board of directors of International Chinese Sociologists Association 2018
Kerry Greer
Seeds Grant from the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2018
Thomas Kemple
Seeds Grant from the Institute for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 2018
Lindsey Richardson
Awarded a six-month CIHR Opioid Crisis Knowledge Synthesis Grant 2018
Qiang Fu
Elected to the board of directors of International Chinese Sociologists Association 2018
Anne Martin-Matthews
Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada 2017
Anne Martin-Matthews
Killam Award for Excellence in Mentoring (senior category) 2017
Gillian Creese
Kule Institute for Advanced Studies Cluster Grant 2017
Lindsey Richardson
Junior Scholar Award in the Section on Alchol, Drugs and Tobacco, at the ASA Conference  2017
Seth Abrutyn
Best Publication in the Section on Children and Youth at the ASA Conference Best Publication in the Section on Mental Health, ASA 2017
Rima Wilkes Appointed Incoming President of the Canadian Sociological Association
 2017
Neil Guppy
Appointed Acting Principal of UBC Vantage College
2017/2018
Nathanael Lauster CSA John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award
2017
Yue Qian
Hampson Fund Research Grant - New Faculty Award at the University of British Columbia
2017
David B. Tindall
SSHRC Insigh Research Grant
2017
Rima Wilkes SSHRC Award funding project entitled "It's a Quesion of Trust: Explaining how Race and Ethnicity Matter"
2017
Sean Lauer Angus Reid Applied Sociology Award and Good Neighbour Award
2017
Wendy Roth
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Award
2017
Rima Wilkes
Martha Foschi Award for Excellence in Research and Teaching
2017
Silvia Bartolic
Killam Teaching Prize
2016/2017
Catherine Corrigall-Brown
Killam Teaching Prize
2016/2017
Wendy Roth
UBC Killam Research Fellowship
2016
Rima Wilkes
UBC Killam Research Fellowship
2016
Beth Hirsh
Named Canada Research Chair
2016
Amin Ghaziani
Named Canada Research Chair
2016
Saleema Noon
The Order of British Columbia
2016
Anne Martin-Matthews Shapiro Award for Excellence in Mentoring
2016
Qiang Fu
Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Grant to Study Urban Transformaion and Neighborhod Engagement in China
2016
Amin Ghaziani
Honourable Mention for the Community and Urban Sociology section’s Robert Park Award for best book
2016
Sylvia Fuller
Canadian Review of Sociology Best Article Award
2016
Wendy Roth CSA Early Investigator Award
2016
Neil Guppy CSA Outstanding Contribution Award 2016
Lindsey Richardson UBC Hornby Island Residency 2016
Lindsey Richardson PWI Solutions supplemental funding from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2016
Lindsey Richardson Peter Wall Solutions Initiative grant entitled Evaluating the impact of alternative social assistance timing on drug-related harm. 2016
Anne Martin-Matthews
Individual Connection Grant and UBC Hampton Research Endowment Fund Grant 2016
Catherine Corrigall-Brown and Lindsey Richardson Green College Leading Scholars Nominees. 2015
Wendy Roth Isis Duarte Prize in Dominican, Haitian, or Dominican-Haitian Transnational Studies from the Latin American Studies Association Haiti-Dominican Republic Section (Race Migrations). 2015
Silvia Bartolic ASA Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Seed Travel Fund 2015
Amin Ghaziani Author Meets Critic session, American Sociological Association (There Goes the Gayborhood?) 2015
Amin Ghaziani Author Meets Critic session, Association of American Geographers (There Goes the Gayborhood?) 2015
Amin Ghaziani Author Meets Critic session, Canadian Association of Geographers (There Goes the Gayborhood?) 2015
Ralph Matthews UBC Killam Research Prize 2014
Renisa Mawani Dean of Arts Faculty Research Award, 2015-2016 2015
Amin Ghaziani Killam Teaching Prize for Distinguished Instruction, Faculty of Arts, UBC 2014
Amin Ghaziani Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC 2014
Lindsey Richardson Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award 2014
Richard Carpiano UBC Killam Research Fellowship 2014
Richard Carpiano UBC Killam Research Prize 2013
Catherine Corrigall-Brown The Early Investigator Award, Canadian Sociological Association 2013
Anne Martin-Matthews Distinguished Member Award, Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG's highest honour) 2013
Becki Ross "Harry Lyman Hooker Distinguished Visiting Professorship,” McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario 2013
Gerry Veenstra UBC Killam Research Fellowship 2012
Amin Ghaziani Best Article Award in Collective Behavior/Social Movements, American Sociological Association (“Cultural Anchors and the Organization of Differences”) 2012
Amin Ghaziani Clifford Geertz Best Article Honorable Mention Award in the Sociology of Culture, American Sociological Association (“Cultural Anchors and the Organization of Differences”) 2012
Amin Ghaziani Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC 2012
Anne Martin-Matthews Commemorative Diamond Jubilee Medal of Queen Elizabeth II, awarded by Minister of State for Seniors, Government of Canada. 2012
Anne Martin-Matthews Creation by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research of the “Anne Martin-Matthews Doctoral Research Prize of Excellence in Research on Aging”, in recognition of “commitment to the mentoring of the next generation of researchers on aging”. 2012
Ralph Matthews Outstanding Contribution Award, Canadian Sociological Association 2012
Lindsey Richardson Canadian Institutes for Health Research Post-doctoral Fellowship 2012
Ralph Matthews Srivastava Award, UBC Press 2011
Amin Ghaziani Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence Finalist, British Sociological Association (“The Constraints of Culture”) 2010
Anne Martin-Matthews Degree of Doctor of Civil Law, Honoris Causa, Newcastle University, United Kingdom 2010
Becki Ross Clio Book Prize, for Burlesque West: Showgirls, Sex, and Sin in Postwar Vancouver (University of Toronto Press, 2009), from the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) for excellence in historical research and writing in Canadian history (British Columbia) 2010
Amin Ghaziani Charles Tilly Honorable Mention Award for Best Book in Collective Behavior/Social Movements, American Sociological Association (The Dividends of Dissent) 2009
Amin Ghaziani Lambda Literary Award Finalist, Best Book in LGBT Studies, Lambda Literary Foundation (The Dividends of Dissent) 2009
Lindsey Richardson Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholar Award 2009
Becki Ross Teaching Prize, Sociology Undergraduate Students’ Association, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia 2008
Gerry Veenstra Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Senior Scholar Award 2007-2012
Becki Ross Killam Teaching Prize, Faculty of Arts, University of British Columbia. 2005
Gerry Veenstra UBC Killam Research Fellowship 2005
Becki Ross “Best Journal Article" Award, May 2002, "Bumping and Grinding on the Line" (Labour/le travail), from the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality, Canadian Historical Association. 2002

Julia Goldman-Hasbun

Killam Doctoral Scholarship Awardee

2020
Ryan Jamula

SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

2020
Patara McKeen

SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

2020
Julia Goldman-Hasbun

SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship

2020
Emily Truong-Cheung

Killam Graduate TA Award

2020
Adam Vanzella Yang

Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC)

2019
Max Chewinski

Public Scholars Award

2019
Max Chewinski

Department of Sociology Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

2019
Max Chewinski

Faculty of Arts Graduate Research Award

2019
D. Kyle Sutherland

SSHRC Doctoral Award

2019
D. Kyle Sutherland

Kurt and Anne Paulus Memorial Scholarship in Sociology

2019
Lily Ivanova

Best Student Paper Award for the Violence & Society research cluster

2019
D. Kyle Sutherland

Arts Graduate Research Award

2019
Kaitlyn Jaffe

Arts Graduate Research Award

2019
Jennifer Adkins

Public Scholar’s Initiative (PSI) Award

2019
Max Chewinski

Department of Sociology Graduate Research Award

2018
Hazel Hollingdale The Yale Fox International Fellowship 2018
Kyle Sutherland Amanda Araba Ocran Memorial Award 2018
David Champagne
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships 2018
Nicole Malette SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award 2018
Lily Ivanova SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award 2018
Mabel Ho
SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award 2018
Mabel Ho
Killam Graduate TA Award
2017/2018
Max Chewinski Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2017
Cary Wu Doctoral fellowship from The Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (CCKF)
2017
Kaitlyn Jaffe Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
2017
Kelsea Perry
Affiliated Award
2017
Kaitlyn Jaffe Public Scholars Initiative Award
2017
Cary Wu Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad
2017
François Lachapelle and Patrick John Burnett
Canadian Sociological Association's Best Student Paper Award
2017
Hélène Frohard-Dourlent Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Award, Sociology Sessional Instructor Teaching Award
2017
Katherine Lyon Sociology Sessional Instructor Teaching Award
2017
Madison Slobin Francesco Duina Undergraduate Scholarship
2017
Reba DeGuevara Francesco Duina Undergraduate Scholarship
2017
Kate Dalrymple Joseph Bombardier SSHRC Award
2017/2018
Noor Hewaidi Outstanding Graduating Student award from the Canadian Sociological Association
2017
Nicole Luongo Outstanding Graduating Student award from the Canadian Sociological Association
2017
Heather Holroyd Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
2017
Nicole Luongo Received full funding from Oxford’s Nuffield College and Oxford’s Clarendon Scholarship
2017
Nicole Malette
Killam Graduate Teaching Award
2016/2017
Patrick John Burnett
UBC Public Scholar's Initiative Fellowship
2016
Skyler Wang Outstanding Graduating Student award from the Canadian Sociological Association
2016
Bethany Schmidt Outstanding Graduating Student award from the Canadian Sociological Association
2016
Helene Frohard-Dourlent Outstanding Graduating Student award from the Canadian Sociological Association
2016
François Lachapelle
UBC Public Scholar's Initiative Fellowship
2016
Valerie Berseth
Killam Doctoral Scholarship
2016-2018
Georgia Piggot
Best Student Paper Award from the Environment Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association
2016
Lily Ivanova
Yale-UBC Fox International Fellowship
2016
Max Chewinski
 Best Student Paper Award from the Political Sociology and Social Movements Research Cluster of the Canadian Sociological Association 2016
Natasha Stecy-Hildebrandt
Canadian Review of Sociology Best Article Award
2016
Sherrie Dilley
2015 Sociology Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
2016
Caitlyn Forsey
2015 Sociology Doctoral Dissertation Award
2016
Skyler Wang Academic contribution to the Faculty of Arts 2016
Emily Chan Community Contribution to UBC and Beyond 2016
Kennedy Wong 2nd Place Oral Presentation for Research on Homelessness 2016
Katherine Lyon SAGE Teaching Innovations and Professional Development Award 2015
Edward Haddon Killam Doctoral Scholarship 2014/2015
Katherine Lyon Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award 2014/2015
Jennifer Dengate Sociology graduate scholarship (for research costs) ($550) 2014
Edward Haddon University of Auckland, Roger Oppenheim Memorial Prize for Best MA Thesis 2014
Edward Haddon University of British Columbia, Graduate Research Award 2014
Edward Haddon University of British Columbia, Kurt and Anne Paulus Memorial Scholarship in Sociology 2014
Maria Jose Torrejon International Summer School on Aging (ISSA) CASE & Swedish Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health 2014
Maria Jose Torrejon Kurt and Anne Paulus Memorial Scholarship in Sociology, University of British Columbia 2014
Kamila Kolpashnikova 2014-2015 Kurt and Anne Paulus Memorial Scholarship in Sociology 2014
Kamila Kolpashnikova Sociology Graduate Scholarship, Department of Sociology, UBC 2014
Kamila Kolpashnikova 2014-2015 Graduate Research Award, Faculty of Arts, UBC 2014
Seonok Lee Korea Foundation Graduate Student Fellowship ($23,000) 2014
Andrea Polonijo University of British Columbia Four Year Doctoral Fellowship 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2011
Catherine Zangger SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Catherine Zangger Four Year Fellowships For PhD Students 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Andrea Polonijo University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts Graduate Award 2013, 2010
Hélène Frohard-Dourlent UBC Killam Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award 2013
Maria Jose Torrejon Summer Program in Aging, CIHR-IA 2013
Maria Jose Torrejon Graduate Student International Research Mobility Award, VPRI University of British Columbia 2013
Will Keats-Osborn Joseph Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship 2013
Will Keats-Osborn Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Pre-Doctoral Fellowship 2013
Kamila Kolpashnikova Patricia Marchak International Research Scholarship in Sociology 2013
Seonok Lee Doctoral Field Research Fellowship - Academy of Korean Studies ($10,000)
Bottom Billion Field Research Grant - Liu Institute Global Issue UBC ($3,000)
Four Year Fellowships for PhD Students
2013
Bethany Schmidt Faculty of Arts Graduate Award 2013
Bethany Schmidt John R. Grace Fellowship Award 2013
Bethany Schmidt David W. Strangway Fellowship Award 2013
Patrick John Burnett Theory and Philosophy Summer School Entrance Scholarship - University College Cork, Ireland. 2012
Jennifer Dengate Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral ($35,000 per year) 2012
Katherine Lyon Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC 2012
Andrea Polonijo Robin Badgley Memorial Student Award for Best Student Paper at the Canadian Society for the Sociology of Health 3rd Biennial Bilingual Conference 2012
Bethany Schmidt UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Award 2012
Kamila Kolpashnikova UBC 4YF Fellowship 2011-2015
Patrick John Burnett Four Year Doctoral Fellowship - University of British Columbia 2011
Patrick John Burnett Faculty of Arts Graduate Award - University of British Columbia 2011
Jennifer Dengate University of British Columbia Four Year Fellowship ($16,000) 2011
Seonok Lee SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ($40,000)
The Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship ($6,660)
Walter C Koerner Fellowship ($4,000)
University of BC Graduate Fellowship ($599)
Four Year Fellowships for PhD Students
2011
Andrea Polonijo University of British Columbia Faculty of Graduate Studies Travel Award 2011
Patrick John Burnett Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship - Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2010
Maria Jose Torrejon National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICYT) Bicentennial Becas-Chile Scholarship for doctoral studies. 2010
Bethany Schmidt Chinook Research Award 2010
Bethany Schmidt Millennium Excellence Award 2010
Patrick John Burnett Usamah Ansari Award for Scholastic Achievement - Simon Fraser University 2009
Seonok Lee Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Award
International Partial Tuition Scholarship
2009
Jennifer Dengate Social Science and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's ($17,500) 2008

Andy Holmes LOUD Barajas/Reese Scholarship 2019
Kennedy Wong

Pacific Sociological Association Undergraduate Student Paper Award

2019
Veronica Cho

HSBC Emerging Leader Scholarship

2019
Veronica Cho

Wesbrook Scholar

2019
Kennedy Wong

Faces of Today Award - UBC Student Leadership Conference

2019
Siqi Xiao

The UBC International Community Achievement Award

2018
Alex Chow
Katherine Brearley Arts Scholarship Award
2018
Larissa Sakumoto
Governor-General's Silver Medal in Arts (Bachelor Level)
2018
Jory Smallenberg
Governor-General's Silver Medal in Arts (Bachelor Level)
2017
Jory Smallenberg 3M National Student Fellowship
2017
Andy Holmes
Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarship Award
2017
Jory Smallenberg Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarship Award
2017
Kailyn Fung
Dean of Arts Graduating Arts Student Leadership Award 2017
Noor Hewaidi Dean of Arts Graduating Arts Student Leadership Award
2017
Aida Mwanzia Dean of Arts Graduating Arts Student Leadership Award
2017
Jory Smallenberg
Dean of Arts Graduating Arts Student Leadership Award
2017
Leslie Tulett
Dean of Arts Graduating Arts Student Leadership Award
2017
William Wibowo Liem
Dean of Arts Graduating Arts Student Leadership Award
2017
Jory Smallenberg
Premier Undergraduate and Wesbrook Scholarship Award
2016

On this page