- "Disequilibrium: Journey to Egypt," won the Western Magazine Awards first prize; category Travelogue. 1995
- Shadow Maker, The Life of Gwendolyn MacEwen won the Govemor General's Award for Non-fiction, 1996
- Shadow Maker short-listed for the Trillium Book Award, Government of Ontario, 1996
- Shadow Maker won the Canadian Authors' Association Award for Non-fiction, 1996
- Shadow Maker awarded the President's Medal for Biography, The University of British Columbia, 1996
- Shadow Maker awarded the City of Toronto Book Prize, 1996
- By Heart: Elizabeth Smart : A Life was short-listed for the Governor General's Award, 1991
- "Muse in a Female Ghetto," won the Silver Medal, Brascan Awards for Cultural Journalism. National Magazine Awards, 1986
- The Space A Name Makes awarded the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award for best first book of poetry published in Canada in 1986
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