Photo credit: More magazine Canada website
Photography by Paul Orenstien

It's the little things citizens do.
That's what will make the difference.
My little thing is planting trees.

Wangari Maathai

 

Book Awards

2011 - IBBY Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2011,
Switzerland

2011 - Red Maple Award, winner, Ontario Library Association

2010 – finalist, SYRCA’s 2010 Snow Willow Award

2009 - Norma Fleck Award

2009 - Canada Arts Council

2009 - National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) The Bite of the Mango, Gold Award Winner

2009 - Silver Award Winner, ForeWord Magazine, Book of the Year, YA
Non-Fiction

2009 - The Canadian Children¹s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens

2009 - Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Young Adult Non-Fiction

2009 - Selected as one of The White Ravens outstanding new international books of the year, Munich, Germany

2009 - Silver Award Winner, Nautilus Book Awards

2009 - Young Adult Non-Fiction List, Pennsylvania School Librarians Association

2009 - Short-listed for the American Library Association non-fiction, young adult
book of the year

2009 - Children’s and Young Adults, Notable Books, International Reading Association

2007 - Ontario Arts Council Grant

Journalism Awards

2011 - Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, Media Fellowship

2009 - National Magazine Awards, finalist for Cut Both Ways

2009 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist in magazine
investigative reporting for Cut Both Ways

2008 - Amnesty International Media Award for Cut Both Ways

2007 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist in magazine investigative reporting for Unusual Suspects, a story about two Thunder Bay women accused of murder in Mexico

2006 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist magazine investigative reporting for Nanny Abuse, a story about the Philippine’s labour export policies and the Canadian Live-In Caregiver Program

2005 - Amnesty International Media Award for Canada for Nanny Abuse

2004 - Canadian Association of Journalists, finalist in magazine investigative reporting, for Sad Little Girls, a story about the child sex trade in Cambodia

2003 – APEX award (United States) for feature writing for a story about a little boy and his family who fought and won against cancer

2002 - National Magazine Awards, honorable mention in investigative reporting, for Animal Wrongs, a story examining the exotic wildlife pet trade in North America

1998 - Society of Professional Journalists (United States), investigative reporting award, for a story on female Canadian drug smugglers

Miscellaneous Awards

University of Miami fellowship to pursue a Master¹s in Communications, print
journalism

Las Flores plaque of honor for work in the Spanish speaking community in
Toronto

Hamilton-Wentworth Inductee, Week of the Child certificate