Background
Neil Guppy was born in North Bay, Ontario on December 1, 1949. His father worked for Ontario Hydro.
Neil Guppy was born in North Bay, Ontario on December 1, 1949. His father worked for Ontario Hydro.
At Queens, Guppy graduated in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and a B.P.H.E in physical education.
He is the department head of sociology, and teaches courses in sociology. He has also written several works to do with social inequality and education. He continued his studies at the University of Waterloo (UW) where he gained his masters of science in human kinetics in 1974.
Guppy joined the University of British Columbia in 1979, starting his career as an Instructor II in sociology at University of British Columbia from 1979 to 1981.
After receiving his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Guppy became an assistant professor of sociology from 1981, associate in 1987, and full professor in 1993. Three years later Guppy was appointed Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts at University of British Columbia. He fulfilled this role until 1999, when he became the Associate Vice President of Academic Programs at University of British Columbia up until 2004.
In 2006, Guppy became the Head of the Department of Sociology.