Awards

2024 Alberta Magazine Publishers’ Association Award (Silver, Feature Writing: Short) for “A Mountain of Medical Waste” in Alberta Views
2024 National Magazine Award for Personal Essay “Not Nothing, but Everything”
2023 Edna Staebler Award for Personal Essay, “Not Nothing, but Everything” in The New Quarterly
2019 Shortlisted for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry (Chance Encounters with Wild Animals)
2018 Alberta Magazine Publishers’ Association Awards, Finalist (“Is the River” – Fiction)
2014 National Magazine Award (Profile) for “Keeper of the Marks” in The Malahat Review
2011 Ars Medica/Canadian Medical Association Journal’s Humanities Poetry and Prose prize for “Risk factors for hemorrhagic pancreatitis”
2011 KR Wilson (Canadian Business Press) Silver Medal for Best Column (shared with Alan Cassels and Eric Cadesky), The CMAJ Salon
2010 First Place, Geist Magazine’s Jackpine Sonnet Contest
2008 Honorable Mention, Geist Magazine’s Postcard Story Contest (Honourable Mention)
2006 First Prize in Special Radio Program, The Gracie Awards, for “A Map of the Body”
2005 Finalist in Radio – Environment, New York Festivals
2005 Feature (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2005 Finalist, In-Depth Radio), Society for Environmental Journalism
2003 Canadian Council of University Biology Chairs’ Distinguished Public Education Award for Science Reporting
2002 Continuing Coverage (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2002 Entertainment (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2002 Finalist, Radio Drama, New York Festivals
2002 Honorable Mention – Investigative Reporting, Radio Television Digital News Association
2001 Spot News (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2001 Continuing Coverage (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2001 Feature (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2000 Continuing Coverage (Radio), Atlantic Journalism Awards
2000 Health Reporting Award, Canadian Nursing Association