IABC/Toronto Ovation Award of Merit – Employee/Member Communications
This 2007 award recognized work done with three other independents belonging to IABC/Toronto’s Alliance of Independent Practitioners, which took this support group from 44 members in 2004 to 84 members in 2006.

APEX Awards for Publication Excellence: Newsletters – E-Mail
A monthly e-newsletter edited and produced as a volunteer with the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), called AIP Connection, received an APEX Award of Excellence in 2006.

APEX Awards for Publication Excellence: Newsletter Writing
A monthly newsletter written for Suncor Energy Products (EM&R Link and previously called @Sunoco) received an APEX Award of Excellence for Newsletter Writing in 2005, 2003, 2002 and 2000. APEX awards recognize editorial quality, overall communications effectiveness and excellence.

APEX Awards for Publication Excellence: Newsletters
HomeWork, a newsletter edited and produced as a volunteer with the Halton-Peel Communications Association (HPCA), received an APEX Award in the category of Newsletters in 2004, 2003 and 2002. Suncor’s EM&R Link also won an APEX Award in the Newsletters category in 2004.

IABC Silver Leaf Award of Merit
HomeWork won a 2000 IABC Silver Leaf Award of Merit. The Silver Leaf awards are Canada’s premiere professional awards celebrating excellence in business communications.

Ragan Communications Award
The Sunoco newsletter received a 1997 “Arnold’s Admirables” award for being an example of “outstanding organizational journalism” and “totally sound journalism that emphasizes content.” At the time, only 10 such awards were given each year to publications in the United States and Canada.