The title of foundation fellow is given to individuals who have made a historic contribution to the college, either at the time of its initial foundation or in the years after.
Green College’s foundation fellows are:
- ✝Cecil H. Green, KBE, Founder
- John Diggens, chair emeritus, Green College advisory board
- Dianna Ericson, author of Green College, UBC: Its Architecture and History; widow of Richard V Ericson, founding principal of Green College (1993–2003)
- ✝Richard V. Ericson, principal, 1993-2003
- Donald Fisher, vice principal emeritus, Green College; professor emeritus, Department of Educational Studies, UBC
- ✝William C. Gibson, former chancellor, University of Victoria
- John Gilbert CM, principal emeritus, College of Health Disciplines; professor, Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences, UBC
- ✝John Grace OC, dean emeritus, Graduate Studies; professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC
- ✝The Hon. William C. Graham PC QC
- Judith Hall OC, head and professor emerita, Department of Pediatrics, UBC and BC Children’s Hospitals
- Graham Kelsey, professor emeritus; Department of Educational Studies, UBC
- Paul M. Merrick, Merrick Architecture, architect of Green College
- The Right Hon. Beverley McLachlin PC CC CSt, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2000-17)
- ✝David W. Strangway OC, president of UBC, 1985-97
- Peter Suedfeld OC, dean emeritus; Graduate Studies; professor, Department of Psychology, UBC
- Ellis Ripley Trafford, great-grandniece of Alice Lily Lefevre, original owner of the mansion that became Graham House at Green College
- Mark Vessey, principal emeritus, Green College; professor, Department of English and Language Literatures, UBC
- John Fraser, CM, formerly of Massey College, University of Toronto
- Larry Grant, Elder of the Musqueam Nation
Distinguished Indigenous fellows of Green College are Indigenous academics and other leaders with an outstanding record of intellectual or artistic achievement, who may already have an association with the college (for example, as Cecil H and Ida Green Visiting Professors, J V Clyne Lecturers, Visiting Scholars, writers in residence, or members of common room). The fellowship is reserved for those who are likely to visit Vancouver from time to time, and it is expected that they will then be willing to share their thoughts on topics of scientific and public interest with members of the college community.
- Michelle Good (Cree), writer
Distinguished visiting fellows of Green College are academics and other leaders with an outstanding record of intellectual or artistic achievement, who may already have an association with the college and who, at the time of their appointment, normally reside outside of British Columbia. The fellowship is reserved for those who are likely to visit Vancouver from time to time, and it is expected that they will then be willing to share their thoughts on topics of scientific and public interest with members of the college community.
- Daniel Canty, writer and artist (Montreal)
- Imogen Coe, professor, Department of Chemistry and Biology; Toronto Metropolitan University
- Robert Gibbs, professor, Department of Philosophy and Department for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto
- Denise Lievesley CBE, honourary fellow and past principal (2015-20) of Green Templeton College, Oxford; fellow of the University College London; visiting professor, Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy, King's College London
- Margaret Christakos, poet and writer (Toronto)
- Colleen Murphy, writer (Toronto)
Distinguished British Columbian visiting fellows of Green College are academics and other leaders with an outstanding record of intellectual or artistic achievement, who may already have an association with the college and who, at the time of their appointment, normally within British Columbia. The fellowship is reserved for those who are likely to visit Vancouver from time to time, and it is expected that they will then be willing to share their thoughts on topics of scientific and public interest with members of the college community.
- Matthew White, CEO, Victoria Symphony
- Sonnet L'Abbé, poet, critic and musician
- Scott McIntyre CM OBC, co-founder and former CEO, Douglas & McIntyre Publishers
- Sara Barackzay, animation artist
- Krystal Paraboo, curator, art historian, writer, and public art planner