Honours and Awards:

2020                 Black Dog Institute International Travel Award

2019                 Society for Mental Health Research, Award for Best Research involving Consumers

2018                 Black Dog Institute International Travel Award

2018                 Tom Trauer Research Award for Innovation in Knowledge Translation, TheMHS, The Mental Health Services Learning Network

2017                 WINC/STAPLES Knowledge Translation Award

2013-14            International Research Collaboration Award, Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2013-14            International Research Development Award, Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

2013                 Joint Centre for Bioethics, Recipient of The Innovation Poster Showcase

2013                 Honorary Visiting Fellow

                         Illawarra Institute of Mental Health, University of Wollongong

2012                 Mental Health Commission of Canada Research Award for cannabis use and psychosis research, Schizophrenia Society of Canada

2011                 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) for SSHRC related qualitative research

2010                 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) for presentation of arts-based research in United Kingdom

2009                 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG), presentation of arts-based research in Northampton, UK

2007                 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Senior Researcher Travel Scholarship

2007                 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) for focus group research

2006                 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) for focus group research

2004               Award for best presentation, “Children and Youth in Rural Communities: Contradictions in Accessing Mental Health Care”, presented at 5^th Conference on Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

2003                 Canada Research Chair, Population Health Sciences, University of Ottawa (declined)

2002                 Minister’s Award (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care) for Knowledge Transfer research

2002                 Minister’s Award (Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care) for research in rural and remote areas

2000                 Award of Excellence presented by the Canadian Institute of Child Health

                                                    Best health promotion and innovation poster presentation

                          1999                  Paul Steinhauer Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of  Toronto, Research on Motivation and Schizophrenia

                          1998                  Paul Steinhauer Award, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Research on Schizophrenia