Robert Henry Tufrey Smith (born May 22, 1935) is an Australian-Canadian academic who was the president pro tempore of the University of British Columbia in 1985.
A professor of geography, Smith was educated at Australian National University, the University of New England and Northwestern University.
In 1964, he was a Guggenheim Fellow.
He is a fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a member of the Order of Australia.