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2023
Gold, Cultural (SATW Bill Muster Photo Awards)
Merit, Action/Adventure (SATW Bill Muster Photo Awards)
Bronze, Best Photography – Places (Society of American Travel Writers, Canadian Chapter)
2022
Silver, Best Photography – Places (Society of American Travel Writers, Canadian Chapter)
2022
Loan Collection (PPOC National Image Salon)
2021
Judge’s Choice, Animal (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
2018
Photographic Artist of the Year (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
Best in Class, Pictorial/Floral (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
Judge’s Choice, Fine Art (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
2016
Judge’s Choice, Fine Art (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
2015
Best in Class, Animal (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
Judge’s Choice, Pictorial/Floral (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
2013
Best in Class, Pictorial/Floral (PPOC-Ontario Image Salon)
1999
Community Spirit Award for my documentary Island of the Great Spirit (Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival)