Awards and Recognition

• Feb 2025. Rashid Sumaila awarded King Charles III Coronation Medal. Nominated by Joyce Murray.

• Jul 2024. William Cheung receives UBC Alumni Achievement Award.

• Jun 2024. William Cheung received Discovery Grant for “Fish and fisheries under marine extremes and compound events: responses, resilience and solution options.”

• Feb 2024. Rashid Sumaila named as an “Extraordinary Professor” by the University of Pretoria’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development.

• Jan 2024. William Cheung awarded Doctor Honoris Causa degree by Institut Agro.

• Sep 2023. Rashid Sumaila awarded Prince Albert I medal from the Oceanographic Institute of Monaco.

• Jan 2023. Rashid Sumaila wins 2023 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, alongside Daniel Pauly.

• 2023 Rashid Sumaila: Named a Trudeau Foundation Fellow.

• 2022 Rashid Sumaila: Named as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow