Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 [2006-2011, NSERC].

Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS) Early Career Scholars (Junior) [2006-2007, PWIAS].

Howard Alper Postdoctoral Prize [2005, NSERC]: For NSERC's most outstanding postdoctoral fellow in the natural sciences and engineering (declined).

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship [2005, NSERC]: For research in population and landscape ecology (declined).

Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) Fellowship [2003-2005, ELP]: A program nourishing the next generation of environmental leaders.

Postdoctoral Fellowship [2003-2005, Stanford University]: For research in countryside biogeography and conservation planning/finance.

Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) Summer Travel Award [2001, APGA]: For presentations at the evolution meetings (joint meetings of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society for Systematic Biology, and the American Society of Naturalists).

Julie Payette-Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC, Canada) Research Scholarship [2000-2002, NSERC]: For study with professor Simon Levin

Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) Fellowship [1999-2002, PEI]: For study about the ethics of conservation with professor Peter Singer

Heinz Scholarship for Environmental Research [1999-2000, Heinz Foundation]: For study of the evolutionary aspects of biodiversity conservation

NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship (PGS A) [1998-2000, NSERC]: For study about the origins and maintenance of biodiversity with professor Simon Levin at Princeton

Tuition Scholarship [1997-2002, Princeton]: For graduate studies in ecology and evolutionary biology

First Year Merit Fellowship [1997, Princeton]: For graduate studies in natural science and mathematics

(nomination) Governor General’s Medal [1997, Trinity College/University of Toronto (U of T)]: For highest standing at the University

Provost’s Scholar [1997, Trinity College]: For academic achievement

U of T Alumni Association (UTAA) Scholar [1997, UTAA]: For academics, athletics, and extracurricular contribution to the University

T-Holder Academic Excellence Award [1997, U of T]: For academics and athletics

First Colour Award [1997, U of T]: For athletic performance

Canada Scholarship [1993-97*, Canadian government]: For undergraduate studies in science and technology

University of Toronto Scholar [1994-96**, U of T]: For outstanding academic achievement