Awards and Recognition
- Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Award (IAS-UN University) for Growing the Potential: A three-year collaborative research fellows program with the Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association (VBGA) (November 2020)
- UNESCO Chair in Bio-cultural Diversity and Education at Simon Fraser University (July 2020)
- Ambassador Recognition from Tourism Vancouver (MIND Program) as a successful Chair/Host of the 9th World Environmental Education Congress at the Vancouver Convention Centre (June 2018)
- Received the Project WET Canada Award (Canadian Water Resources Association) for water education with pre-service teachers (CWRA Conference, Victoria BC) (May 2018)
- Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Award (IAS-UN University) for the EcoCity Youth: A two-year collaborative program of Co-Design activities in Vancouver Schools (November 15)
- Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Award (UN University/UNESCO) – designated to my Institute for Environmental Learning for the Environmental Learning Dissemination Project: A two year collaborative program of Professional Development activities (November 2013)
- Leader in Sustainability Education, Simon Fraser University, Sustainability Network (April 2012)
- Collaborative Teaching Fellows Awards (2 inaugural) for work in developing the ‘Environmental Controversy’ and ‘Change Lab’ courses for the Faculty of Environment, Simon Fraser University (September 2011)
- Certificate of Recognition for Volunteer work with the Ecological Learning project at the Bowen Island Community School, Community School Association of BC (May 2010)
- Lead Researcher, United Nations / UN-University Chartered, BC (Northern Cascades) -- Regional Centre for Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (December 2009)
- Visiting Fellowship (2 week) at Kaioshung Normal University (Taiwan ROC) to conduct meetings and seminars for graduate students and faculty and to consult on a collaborative research project (November 2007)
- Visiting Fellowship (1 month), at Florida Atlantic University, (Boca Raton) to conduct meetings and seminars at the Pine Jog centre and to teach a graduate course in the Masters program in Environmental Education (October 2007)
- Certificate of Recognition for Volunteer work with Science classes at the Bowen Island Community School, Community School Association of BC (May 2006)
- Best Published Paper Award (2005), American Educational Research Association (AERA) (Learning Environments SIG) for the paper: Physical and psychosocial environments associated with Internet classrooms, published January 2005 in the journal, Learning Environments Research (Springer) (April 2006)
- Service Award, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) for 5 years of service as the organization’s Annual Meeting Coordinator and Electronic Services Director (2001–2006) (April 2006)
- Teaching Fellowship, US Congressionally Chartered, National Tropical Botanical Garden. Selected as one of 12 International faculty for the Harvard Summer School Program for College levcl Faculty Development held June 12-23, 2006. Topics included professional development in the areas of ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology (March 2006)
- Visiting Fellowship (2 week) to conduct meetings and seminars with faculty/graduate students at Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia. Topic: physical classroom environments (May 1999)
- Visiting Fellowship (2 week) to conduct meetings and seminars with faculty/graduate students at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Topic: technological learning environments (April 1999)
- Curtin Overseas Postgraduate Student Travel Scholarship, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, to support enrollment in full time PhD studies and residency requirements at the Bentley campus (January 1997)