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Awards:
Pierre Berton Award for Canadian History
UBC Medal for Canadian Biography
Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, Lady Franklin’s Revenge
Christopher Award, New York, for “a work of artistic excellence that affirms the highest values of the human spirit,”
Writers’ Trust of Canada / Drainie-Taylor Biography Award
Canadian Authors’ Association Award for History
Grant MacEwan Author’s Award
Writers’ Guild of Alberta non-fiction award
University of Cambridge, Wolfson College Press Fellowship
University of Cambridge, Wolfson College Press Fellowship
Other Honours:
John W. Dafoe Book Prize, short-listed
University of Toronto, Teaching Excellence
University of Toronto, Teaching Excellence
Keith Matthews Award / Honourable Mention
B.C. National Book Award for Non-Fiction, long-listed
Reader’s Digest: Best Historical Writer
Evergreen Award, Ontario Library Association, finalist
National Magazine Awards, finalist in profiles
Writers’ Guild of Alberta non-fiction award, short-listed
Banff Book Festival adventure-travel award, short-listed
W.O. Mitchell / City of Calgary book award, short-listed
Education
M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of British Columbia
B.A.A, Journalism, Ryerson