2010 Leaock Medal for Humour:
Beyond Belfast
2010 AWG Award for Creative Nonfiction:
Beyond Belfast
2009 IMPAC Dublin Award longlist:
Spanish Fly
2008 Leacock Medal for Humour shortlist:
Spanish Fly
2005 Pierre Berton Award for History
2005 Leacock Medal for Humour:
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
2004 Northern Lights Award for Travel
Writing: "Polar Bear Haven: An Arctic
Journey"
2002 Leacock Medal for Humour:
Happiness
2002 CAA Award for Fiction:
Happiness
2002 Commonwealth Prize: Canada &
Caribbean shortlist:
Happiness
2002 Libris Booksellers Award for
Non-Fiction Book of the Year:
How to Be a Canadian
2002 Leacock Medal for Humour shortlist:
How to Be a Canadian
2001 CAA Award for History:
Canadian History for Dummies