Great Trekker Award recipients, 1950-present
UBC students honouring prominent alumni.
The Great Trekker Award was initiated in 1950 and is presented by the Alma Mater Society to an alumna or alumnus of U.B.C. who has:
- Achieved eminence in his or her chosen field of activity;
- Made a worthy and special contribution to the community; and
- Evidenced an especially keen and continued interest in his/her Alma Mater and rendered particular service to the undergraduate and graduate students.
The award is also intended to commemorate the spirit of the Great Trek of 1922, the march by UBC students that helped convince the government to provide the funding needed to build the current campus in Point Grey.
The period 2003-2005 marked a transition in the timing of the annual award ceremony, hence the awards presented in February and October of 2004.
| Year | Recipient |
| 1950 | Joseph F. Brown |
| 1951 | John M. Buchanan |
| 1952 | Arthur E. Lord |
| 1953 | Walter H. Gage |
| 1954 | Phyllis G. Ross |
| 1955 | Aubrey F. Roberts |
| 1956 | E.W.H. Brown |
| 1957 | Sherwood Lett |
| 1958 | Marjorie Agnew |
| 1959 | James Sinclair |
| 1960 | Harry Logan |
| 1961 | J.V. Clyne |
| 1962 | Norman A.M. Mackenzie |
| 1963 | A.E. Richards |
| 1964 | George T. Cunningham |
| 1965 | Evelyn Lett |
| 1966 | Blythe A. Eagles |
| 1967 | Hugh L. Keenleyside |
| 1968 | Harry V. Warren |
| 1969 | Nathan T. Nemetz |
| 1970-1971 | (not awarded) |
| 1972 | Ron Pearson |
| 1973-1977 | (not awarded) |
| 1978 | Stan Persky |
| 1979-1981 | (not awarded) |
| 1982 | Nestor N. Korchinsky |
| 1983 | (not awarded) |
| 1984 | Cecil and Ida Green |
| 1985 | Franc R. Joubin |
| 1986 | Anne Stevenson |
| 1987 | Raymond J. Perrault, Ernest G. Perrault |
| 1988 | Allan Fotheringham |
| 1989 | Robert Osborne |
| 1990 | Pierre Berton |
| 1991 | Rosemary Brown |
| 1992 | John N. Turner |
| 1993 | Byron Hender |
| 1994 | C.J. Connaghan |
| 1995 | Alfred Scow |
| 1996 | Jim Green |
| 1997 | Maurice Copithorne |
| 1998 | Eve Savory |
| 1999 | Glenn Wong |
| 2000 | Harriet Winspear, Bryan Williams |
| 2001 | Ruth Sigal |
| 2002 | Robert McGraw |
| 2003 | (not awarded) |
| Feb. 2004 | Gail Davidson |
| Oct. 2004 | Margo Fryer |
| 2005-2006 | (not awarded) |
| 2007 | Abdul Lahda |
| 2008 | Freda Pagani |
| 2009 | Mark Bomford |
| 2010 | Doug Aldridge |
| 2011-2012 | (not awarded) |
| 2013 | Kim Campbell |
| 2014 | (not awarded) |
| 2015 | Marty Zlotnick |
| 2016 | Leona Sparrow |
| 2017 | Graham Lee |
| 2018 | James Meekison |
| 2019 | Michael Audain |
| 2020 | Jo Anne Archibald (Q’um Q’um Xiiem) |
| 2021 | Michael and Susan Chow |
| 2022 | Nelly Auerberg |
| 2023 | Verna Billy-Minnabarriet |