2011 Fellow of Logan Science Journalism Program, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
2011 Fellow of the Great Waters Institute, The Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Toronto, ON
2010 Fellow of Carnegie Mellon University’s Steinbrenner Institute, Environmental Media, Pittsburgh, PA
2009 Fellow of the Great Waters Institute, The Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources, Detroit, MI
2007 Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Science In Society Journalism Award for print feature
2006 Canadian Science Writers’ Association, Science In Society Journalism Award for print feature
2005 Fellow of the Great Lakes Environmental Journalism Training Institute, The School of Journalism at Michigan State University
1996 Western Ontario Newspaper Award for feature writing. Winner
1994 Western Ontario Newspaper Award for team spot news reporting. Runner up
1990 A.O. Tate Award, Excellence in Reporting, Ryerson Polytech