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 of the 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 and Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies, UBC
- ✝William C. Gibson, former Chancellor, University of Victoria
- John Gilbert CM, Emeritus Principal of the College of Health Disciplines and Professor of Audiology and Speech Sciences, UBC
- ✝John Grace OC, Emeritus Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC
- ✝The Hon. William C. Graham PC QC
- Judith Hall OC, Emeritus Head and Professor of Pediatrics, UBC and BC Children’s Hospitals
- Graham Kelsey, Professor Emeritus 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, Emeritus Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor 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 and Professor of English and Language Literatures, UBC
- John Fraser, CM, formerly of Massey College, University of Toronto
- Larry Grant, Elder of the Musqueam Nation
- Michelle Good (Cree), writer
- Daniel Canty, writer an artist (Montreal)
- Imogen Coe, Professor 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, Honorary Fellow and past Principal (2015-2020) 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)
- 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