Honours & Awards
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Digital Originals Grant, 2020
NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS Judge for the 2019 Best Emerging Writer category, 2020
ACCESS COPYRIGHT FOUNDATION Professional Development Grant, 2019
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Professional Development for Artists Grant, 2019
Long-listed in the CREATIVE NONFICTION COLLECTIVE / HUMBER LITERARY REVIEW Annual Creative Nonfiction Contest, 2019
WARDS Editor’s Choice for Nonfiction Prize, Spring 2019
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Research and Creation Grant, 2019
CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS Grants to Professional Writers Creative Writing Grant ($12,000), 2017
BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTS COUNCIL Project Assistance for Creative Writers Grant ($6,000), 2017
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AWARDS Long Feature ($1,000), 2015
THE BANFF CENTRE Leighton Colony Self-directed Literary Residency, September 2015
ACCESS COPYRIGHT FOUNDATION Professional Development Grant ($1,900), 2015
Short-listed in the ROOM 2014 Fiction Contest, 2014
THE BANFF CENTRE Literary Journalism Residency ($2,000 + 1-month fully funded residency), Summer 2014
BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTS COUNCIL Scholarship ($5,000), 2013
RHUBARB Taboo Literary Contest, First Place, Creative Non-fiction ($500 & publication), 2013
Long-listed in the HOUSE OF ANANSI Broken Social Scene Contest, 2013
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (SSHRC) Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement travel grant ($6,000), 2013
UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Student Travel Grant ($400), 2013
NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS Best New Magazine Writer ($500), 2012
UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Award ($2,100), 2012
THE NEW QUARTERLY Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest ($1,000 & publication), 2012
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (SSHRC) Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships Program Master’s Scholarship ($17,500), 2012
UBC Faculty of Arts Graduate Award ($1000), 2011
UBC History Students Association Prize ($250), 2009
UBC Faculty of Arts Graduating Student Leader, 2009
UBC Student Leader, 2009
UBC Gilbert N. Tucker Memorial Scholarship ($2000), 2008
UBC Margaret Lawrence Scholarship in Arts ($275), 2008
NORTH AMERICAN CONFERENCE ON BRITISH STUDIES Canadian Undergraduate Essay Competition ($100), 2008
UBC Summer Scholarship ($3000), 2008
UBC Trek Excellence Scholarship for Continuing Students ($1500), 2007
UBC President’s Entrance Scholarship ($2000), 2006
HAWAII LANGUAGE ARTS SHOWCASE, First Place, Poetry, School Level, Grade 12, 1995
HAWAII LANGUAGE ARTS SHOWCASE, First Place, Poetry, State Level, 1995