
Awards and Honours
SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 1983-84.
First Prize for Short Fiction, CBC Radio Literary Competition, 1985, 1986.
Under Eastern Eyes shortlisted the Governor-General’s Award for nonfiction, 1987.
Constellations shortlisted the Books in Canada First Novel Award, 1988.
Visiting Research Fellowship, University of Sussex, 1988-1989.
National Magazine Award, First Prize for Poetry, 1990.
Malahat Long Poem Prize “The Isle of Demons,” 1991.
The Green Library shortlisted to Governor General’s Award for fiction, 1996.
Canadian Authors’ Association Award for Poetry (Marrying the Sea), 1999.
Marian Engel Award for life time achievement, 1999.
SSHRC Artist/Researcher Grant, 2005-2007.
Visiting Research Fellowship, Ernst-Moritz Arndt Universitët, Greifswald, 2006.
Shevshenko Foundation’s Kobzar Literary Award The Ladies’ Lending Library, 2008.