Awards and Honours

Academic and Community Contributions

2025 Cruikshank Gold Medal, Ontario Historical Society
2021 to present, Honorary Colonel (HCol), Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
2022 Elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (FRHistS)
2018 to 2021, Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (HLCol), Lake Superior Scottish Regiment
2018 Lakehead University Distinguished Researcher Award
2016 Northwestern Ontario Visionary Award 20 under 40
2015 Canadian Forces Liaison Council's Award of Excellence for Best Practices in Employer Support: Educational Institution, Manitoba
2011 City of Thunder Bay Heritage Award
2011 Lakehead University Contribution to Research Award
2010 Alumni Association of Lakehead University Outstanding Young Alumni Award

Volunteer Recognition

2025 Certificate of Appreciation for Volunteer Service (500 hours since 2022), Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
2023 Certificate of Appreciation for Volunteer Service (100 hours since 2022), Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
1996 Volunteer Service Award, Peel Heritage Complex/Region of Peel
1995 Certificate of Appreciation, The Friends of the Peel Museum/Region of Peel Museum

Publications/Creative Scholarly Activity

2019 M. Elizabeth Arthur Award for the best scholarly book on the history of Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society) for Thunder Bay and the First World War, 1914-1919.
2017 M. Elizabeth Arthur Award for the best scholarly book on the history of Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society) for The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior A History of Canadian Internment Camp R.
2016 Honorable Mention, Floyd S. Chalmers Award for Best Book in Ontario History for The Little Third Reich on Lake Superior A History of Canadian Internment Camp R.
2015 Gertrude H. Dyke Award for the best popular book on the history of Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society) for Celluloid Dreams: An Illustrated History of Early Film at the Lakehead, 1900-1931.
2015 M. Elizabeth Arthur Award for the best scholarly book on the history of Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society) for Labour at the Lakehead: Ethnicity, Socialism, and Politics, 1900-35.
2009 J.P. Bertrand Award for the best scholarly article on the history of Northwestern Ontario (Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society) for “‘We did it just for Fun’: Amateur Filmmaking at the Lakehead, 1929-1930" Ontario History 99, no. 2 (Fall 2007).
2003 Canadian Federation of Film Societies Buritt-Thompson Award (co-winner)

Internal Lakehead University Merit Awards