Major Honours and Awards
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University of Waterloo Arts Award for Excellence in Research, 2023
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, elected 2022
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Cooperative Education and Experiential Learning Employer Impact Award, Research category, as Director of the Rhetoricon Database project, 2021
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Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision, University of Waterloo, 2019
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Outstanding Performance Awards, University of Waterloo, 2006, 2019, 2023
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Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Post-doctoral Fellowship, University of Alberta, 1990-92
Graduate Fellowships and Scholarships
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SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1987-88
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Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985-87
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Rensselaer Scholar Fellowship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1985-86
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Province of Alberta Scholarships, University of Alberta, 1982-83, 1983-84
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Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Pre-doctoral Scholarship, Dalhousie University, 1980-81
Prizes, Minor Awards, Small Grants
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Robert Harding & Lois Claxton Humanities and Social Sciences Grant, 2024
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Games Institute Seed Grant, 2022
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University of Waterloo 4A Scholar Awards, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010
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Morgan Kaufmann Publication Grant, 2001-2002
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New York Chapter STC Publications and Art Competition Award of Merit, 1993
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Readers' Digest Grants for Publication, 1987, 1988
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The Jay Gould Award for Excellence in Technical Writing, 1988
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Beer Trust grant for dissertation research, 1987
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McKinney Writing Prizes, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1986, 1987
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The Roberta McCulloch Scholarship, Queen's University, 1979-80
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Letter (Judo), University of Lethbridge, 1978
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Silver Medal, University of Lethbridge, All-Alberta Judo Championships, 1977
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The University of Lethbridge Arts and Sciences Scholarship, 1978-79
Grants (as Principal Investigator)
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SSHRC Insight Grants, 2015-2018, 2018-2021, 2022-2027
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Sam Pasupalak Computational Rhetoric Grant, 2022-23
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SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, 2020-23
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Network on Aging Research Catalyst Grant, 2018-21
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SSHRC Connection Grant, 2016
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LIF Grant, 2005-2006
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SSHRC Standard Research Grants, 2000-2003, 2010-2013
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MITCS Grant, 2011
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UW-SSHRC Grants, 1993, 1998, 2001