September 14, 2023
Dr. Eli Puterman, Member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
Dr. Eli Puterman is among ten UBC faculty members who have been inducted as a fellow or new member to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in 2023.
Founded in 2014, the RSC’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is a handpicked selection of top mid-career scholars and artists in Canada. College Members have already received recognition in their fields for excellence and serve as ambassadors of their fields. The term of Membership in the College is seven years.
Dr. Puterman’s research program develops and implements physical activity and exercise programs in collaboration with and for hard-to-reach and high-stress individuals to determine how such programs can improve mental and physical wellbeing.
— RSC Press Release
Dr. Eli Puterman is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Health, and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar.
More Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in the Faculty of Education
Dr. George Belliveau
Elected 2017
Dr. Janice Forsyth
Elected 2019
Dr. Margaret Kovach
Elected 2015
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada in the Faculty of Education
Dr. Jean Barman, FRSC
Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Elected 2002
Dr. Bonny Norton, FRSC
Academy of Social Sciences
Elected 2016
Dr. Peter Seixas, FRSC
Academy of Social Sciences
Elected 2004
Dr. Veronica Strong-Boag, CM, FRSC
Academy of Social Sciences
Elected 2001
Dr. John Willinsky, FRSC
Academy of Social Sciences
Elected 2000
