Canada Research Chairs (CRC)
Established in 2000 by the Government of Canada, the Canada Research Chair Program helps chairholders achieve research excellence while improving Canada’s depth of knowledge and strengthening the country’s international competitiveness.
The following UBC Sauder faculty are current Canada Research Chairs:

Tim Huh
B.A., B.Math, M.Math (Waterloo), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell)
Professor, Operations and Logistics Division
Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Canada Research Chair in Operations Excellence and Business Analytics
"The Canada Research Chair has helped me to connect with companies and government agencies so that I can learn more about their problems and access their data. It has also helped me recruit outstanding graduate students."

Yanwen Wang
BA (Fudan), MPhil (UNSW), PhD (Emory)
Assistant Professor, Marketing and Behavioral Science Division
Canada Research Chair in Marketing Analytics
“My research greatly benefits from the wonderful collaborations I have enjoyed with faculty and students at UBC, as well as across the world. The Canada Research Chair has allowed me to get more collaboration opportunities outside my focal research area, get access to data sets from companies and government agencies, as well as conducting more inter-disiplinary studies. It has helped shape my research agenda in very positive ways.”

Ralph Winter
BSc (UBC), MA, PhD (Berkeley)
Canada Research Chair in Business Economics and Policy
Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division
"The Canada Research Chair, along with the tremendous support of UBC Sauder, has allowed me a greater focus on research than is normally possible at a major business school. It has also allowed me to travel for seminars and to international conferences attended by the top scholars in my field."
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) is the senior national council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists and artists. Today, more than 3,700 individuals have been inducted into the fellowship for their remarkable contributions in the arts, humanities and sciences, and Canadian public life.
The RSC College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. Members of the college have, at an early stage of their career, demonstrated a high level of achievement.

Izak Benbasat
BA (Robert College, Istanbul), MSc PhD (Minnesota)
Doctorat Honoris Causa, Université de Montréal (2009).
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences)
Sauder Distinguished Professor of Information Systems
Professor Emeritus, Accounting and Information Systems Division
"As Fellow of the RSC I have felt a greater sense of commitment and responsibility to represent Canadian scholars in Information Systems by advancing and disseminating knowledge in the use of Information Technologies for the benefit of individuals and society, and to be a role model and mentor to my junior colleagues and doctoral students."

Katherine White
BA (SFU), MA (Waterloo), PhD (UBC)
Professorship in Consumer Insights, Prosocial Consumption, and Sustainability
Professor, Marketing and Behavioural Science Division
Member of RSC College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists
"Being a member of the Royal Society of Canada is an honour and has given me the opportunity to share ideas with other scholars from across Canada. My advice to young scholars is to study what you love. When you love what you study, the process of research is much more enjoyable."
The Order of Canada
Created in 1967, the Order of Canada recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. More than 7,000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order. Those who bear the Order’s iconic snowflake insignia have changed our nation’s measure of success and, through the sum of their accomplishments, have helped us build a better Canada.
2020 Recipients
2019 Recipient
Past Sauder Winners of UBC Research Awards
UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize
UBC Sauder Research Excellence Award, junior category
For candidates who received their Ph.D within the last 10 years, the Research Excellence Award takes a broad view of research excellence and considers factors such as research contributions in scholarly journals, books, reports and working papers, among others.
Professor Michael Kim is the recipient of the Research Excellence Award, Junior Category. Dr. Kim is a member of the Operations and Logistics Division. His research expertise lies in the theoretical and applied investigations of sequential decision making in the presence of statistical (primarily Bayesian) learning and model misspecification. He has assembled an excellent research record and developed a focused and independent research agenda. For example, most of his papers, including three sole-authored papers, are published in the very top journals in his field. In addition to its strong theoretical contributions, his research output has made contributions in terms of developing computationally-efficient algorithms to solve practical problems such as maintenance optimization, inventory control, and others. Dr. Kim runs the management science Ph.D. program in the Division. He is a highly competent teacher in undergraduate, graduate and Ph.D. courses.
UBC Sauder Research Excellence Award, senior category
For candidates who received their Ph.D. more than 10 years ago, the Research Excellence Award takes a broad view of research excellence and considers factors such as research contributions in scholarly journals, books, reports and working papers, among others.

Tim Huh
B.A., B.Math, M.Math (University of Waterloo), M.A. (Regent College), M.S., Ph.D. (Cornell University)
Professor and Chair, Operations and Logistics Division
Professor in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Canada Research Chair in Operations Excellence and Business Analytics
UBC Sauder Research Excellence Award, Senior Category
2021/2022 recipient
Professor Tim Huh is the recipient of the Research Excellence Award, Senior Category. Professor Huh has an illustrious research career, making fundamental contributions in the areas of inventory control and supply chain management, particularly in stochastic inventory theory, adaptive data-driven methods, pricing and revenue management, and capacity planning. He has published extensively since completing his Ph.D. in 2003, including 61 peer-reviewed journal publications, most in the top-tier journals in his field. His research on stochastic inventory theory includes both classical and emerging topics such as lost sales, random yield, multi-echelon, dynamic pricing and limited demand information addressing many topics known to be difficult to analyze. He is an international thought leader, having served as editor, associate editor, or on the editorial boards of most of the top journals in his field. His papers are highly cited and used in graduate level courses at other universities (MIT, Columbia, Duke, NYU, Michigan, Minnesota, HKUST). He received the best-paper award from Naval Research Logistics journal (Harold W. Kuhn Award) in 2007. He brought significant research funds to UBC Sauder, including grants from the National Science Foundation and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He previously won the UBC Sauder Research Excellence Award, junior category. He currently holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.
The Killam Teaching Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching
Jenny Dickson is being recognized for excellence in teaching undergraduate courses in marketing as well as her contribution to the Values, Ethics and Community course at UBC Sauder. Her excellence stems not only from exceptional classroom delivery, but also from her ability to bring real-world experiences and industry contacts into the classroom. She cares deeply about teaching and learning. For instance, she completely revamped the marketing capstone course involving real clients, and identified a core set of learning outcomes and deliverables that would enhance the experience for the students and clients. The course is now considered a model of experiential learning and an effective grassroots connector between UBC Sauder and the business community. Jenny’s contributions, however, go beyond excellent teaching. She is a positive influence in the school. Although a part-time instructor, she is an exceptional citizen and engages in service well beyond what is required. She attends all faculty and student events, provides professional development for fellow faculty, and provides limitless support for students in or considering the marketing option.
The CPA Teaching Award for excellence in graduate teaching
Chris Ryan is being recognized with the CPA Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. Chris is a highly productive member of the Operations and Logistics Division. He is well-known for his Socratic approach to case teaching. Chris has a flair for philosophical debate and pointed questioning that often leads to lively and memorable classroom discussions. Students have shared how the discussion of some cases spill out of the classroom and into the hallways and student WhatsApp groups. Chris brings management science to life and reveals how operations is at the heart of effective business. Chris generates novel and current educational content, including cases based on the organizations and startups of his former students from around the world. More than this, Chris demonstrates a genuine caring for his students and their well-being beyond the classroom setting. He counsels and champions his students in their endeavors and aspirations. He maintains long-term professional relationships with former students several years after they have graduated. This long-term connection also informs Chris's teaching by keeping him abreast of the lives and challenges of emerging leaders.
The Alumni Talking Stick Award
The Talking Stick Award goes to Michael Daniels and Tamar Milne for their highly successful design and delivery of the Values, Ethics, and Community course at UBC Sauder. The course was developed to teach all UBC Sauder undergraduate students about personal and professional values and ethics, sustainability, BC Indigenous history and perspectives, non-traditional career options in business, and fostering community and connection among the students and with the world around them. Michael and Tamar jointly navigated the complexities of creating a new course – including recruiting and hiring 15 Teaching Assistants each year, setting up multiple Canvas sites, ordering course packages, filming and editing welcome videos while also coordinating this course with COMM 101 and other first-year BCom and UBC programming. They collaborated with the Student Engagement Team to provide a channel for orientation, and they designed a series of eight TA-led tutorials, which covered course concepts in greater depth and provided a general introduction to life and community at UBC Sauder (e.g., alumni panel, senior student panel, faculty/staff guest lectures). This community building was especially critical in W2020, as students began their undergraduate education in a purely online environment. Their work has contributed to a cultural shift at UBC Sauder by engendering in our first-year students the sense of personal agency, responsibility, community, and accountability.
University-wide Prizes and Awards
UBC Killam Faculty Research Prize
Year | Winners |
2019/20 | Daniel Skarlicki |
2018/19 | Kate White |
2015/16 | Darren Dahl |
2014/15 | Kai Li |
2010/11 | Ralph Winter |
2009/10 | Tan Wang |
2008/09 | Sandra Robinson and Yair Wand |
2007/08 | Keith Head |
2005/06 | Thomas Ross |
2004/05 | Dale Griffin |
2003/04 | Maurice Levi |
1999/00 | In Memoriam: Gerald Feltham |
1997/98 | Izak Benbasat |
1995/96 | Ilan Vertinsky |
1990/91 | Barbara Spencer |
1989/90 | In Memoriam: William Stanbury |
1986/87 | James Brander and Charles Weinberg |
UBC Jacob Biely Faculty Research Prize
Year | Winners |
2020 | Sandra Robinson |
1997 | James Brander |
UBC Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring
Year | Winners |
2011 | Adlai Fisher |

-
Have a question?
Our team is happy to help.
-
Get in touch
Jessie Lam
Manager, Research Support Services and Special Projects
+1 604.822.8399
jessie.lam@sauder.ubc.ca