Research Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2002-2005

Research Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1999-2002

Release Time Award, Mount St. Vincent University, 1996

Research Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1995-98

Internal Research Award, Mount St. Vincent University, 1995-97 (refused)

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, SSHRC, 1993-94

Dean’s Honour List for the Ph.D., McGill University

Distinction on all three projects, McGill University

Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Calgary Institute for the Humanities, 1992 and 1993 (refused)

Doctoral Fellowship, SSHRC, 1988-1992

Max Binz Honorary Fellow, McGill University, 1988

Dalhousie Graduate Fellowship, Dalhousie University, 1985

Bennet Scholarship, Dalhousie University, 1985

Beryl Rowland Book Prize for English, MSVU, 1985

Mrs. Angus L. MacDonald Prize for English, MSVU, 1984

MSVU Entrance and Merit Scholarships, MSVU, 1979-85