Awards and Honours

2021 - Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division (CAGONT) Service to Ontario Geography Award in recognition of an individual’s significant and lasting contribution to scholarship, teaching or broader service to Geography in Ontario.

2020 - AGIT | GI_Forum Symposium Poster Session (3rd Place), for 3D Geovisualization of Historic and Contemporary Lead Sediment Contamination in Lake Erie, with co-authors D.E. Mitchell (Ryerson University), C.H. Marvin (Environment and Climate Change Canada), D.A. Burniston (Environment and Climate Change Canada), S.J. Swales (University of Toronto), and M.W. MacDonald (Ryerson University) at the Virtual 32nd Applied Geographic Information Processing (Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung) Symposium, AGIT 2020/GI_Forum. July 6-10, 2020. Salzburg, AUSTRIA.

2020 - Ryerson University, Dean's Service Award for valued contributions to the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, the Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University and the Profession of Geography.

2019 - Canadian Association of Geographers/l’Association canadienne des géographes (CAG/ACG) Award for Service to the Profession of Geography/Le prix pour services rendus à la profession de géographe. This award recognizes a member of the CAG/ACG for exceptional professional service over a period of years that has significantly advanced the profession and practice of geography in Canada. Ffor example, in the university training of geographers, in administration or similar activities in the public service, as an officer of a learned society, or in such other ways as have significantly advanced the profession and practice of geography in Canada. https://www.cag-acg.ca/awards-and-grants

2017 -Canadian Association of Geographers/l’Association canadienne des géographes (CAG/ACG) President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Canadian Association of Geographers/Prix du président pour services exceptionnels rendus à I’Association canadienne des géographes recognizing exceptional service to the association, its members, and affiliates by a member of the association. https://www.cag-acg.ca/awards-and-grants

2013 - Ryerson University, Faculty Service Award for valued contributions to the Department of Geography, the Faculty of Arts, Ryerson University and the Profession of Geography.

2010 - Awarded the distinction “Geographer of the Week” by the Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) in recognition of my efforts in organizing the Canadian Association of Geographers - Ontario Division (CAGONT) 2010 Annual Meeting (November 2, 2010).

2005 - Awarded the distinction “UNIGIS International Fellow” by the UNIGIS International Association (www.unigis.net) based in the Netherlands in recognition of outstanding and sustained contributions to excellence in Postgraduate Education in Geographic Information Science and Systems.

2000 - Best Conference Poster, for Snowcover Estimation Models, at the 12th Symposium for Applied Geographic Information Processing (Angewandte Geographische Informationsverarbeitung XII), AGIT 2000. July 5-7, 2000. Salzburg, AUSTRIA.