Poet Laureate, City of Toronto, 2023
Community Cultural Champion Award from the City of Toronto, 2011
Two time Juno Award winner for recordings of dub poetry 1986,1988
Nominated: OCAD 2005/06 Price Award for Excellence in Teaching
Recognized as a pioneer, leading creator and innovator of Dub Poetry., a literary form now recognized as a part of the English literary canon (Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms).
Recognized as a pioneer, leading creator and innovator of Dub Poetry – a literary form now recognized as a part of the English literary canon (Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms).
Nominated: OCAD 2005/06 Price Award for Excellence in Teaching
Work recognized, researched and taught throughout the school system, universities and post-secondary institutions.
Work dispersed through broadcast around the world.
2009 Golden Beret Award, Calgary Spoken Word Festival
Poem: “Birth” selected by Canada’s 2003 Poet Laureate, George Bowering for “Poem of the Week” project; Parliamentary Poet Laureate and World Poetry Day; May 24, 2004
December 2021 Ontario Poet of the Month