AWARDS AND HONOURS
| 2014- | Honorary Lieutenant Colonel for 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group |
| 2015 | Alberta Book Publishing Awards: Scholarly and Academic Book Award for A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North: Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939 |
| 2015 | Keith Matthews Award (Canadian Nautical Research Society) for A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North: Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939 |
| 2015 | John Lyman Book Award (North American Society for Oceanic History) for Canadian Naval and Maritime History for A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North: Terrestrial Sovereignty, 1870-1939 |
| 2014-17 | Honorary Lieutenant Colonel for 1 Canadian Ranger Patrol Group |
| 2010 | University of Waterloo Arts in Academics Award |
| 2008 | Donner Book Prize for best book on Canadian public policy ($35 000) for Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North with Ken Coates, Bill Morrison and Greg Poelzer |
| 2005 | Journal of the Canadian Historical Association Prize ($150) |
| 2004 | Honorary Canadian Ranger, Ross River patrol, Yukon |
| 2002-2003 | Ralph Steinhauer Award of Excellence ($20 000) |
| 2001-2002 | Ralph Steinhauer Award of Excellence ($20 000) |
| 1999 | Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Memorial University of Newfoundland, Student Essay Prize ($150) |
| 1998 | University of St. Jerome's College (affiliated with U of W) History Award |
| 1997 | Department of National Defence Learning Award |
Fellowships
| 2017-2018 | Killam Visiting Scholar (2017-18), Departments of History and Political Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta ($53 000) |
| 2010 | Fulbright Scholar. Center of Canadian Studies, The School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C. ($12 500) Project: Sovereignties, Security and Stewardship: Canadian-American Relations and the Arctic |
| 2008-2009 | Canadian International Council Research Fellow ($60 000) Project: Arctic Front, Arctic Homeland: Re-evaluating Canada’s Past Record and Future Prospects in the Circumpolar North |
| 2004-2006 | SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship ($75 056) (declined for tenure-track position) |
| 2004-2005 | Department of National Defence (Security and Defence Forum) Postdoctoral Fellowship ($35 000) (declined for tenure-track position) |
| 2003-2004 | Canada Research Chair (Native-Newcomer Relations) Post-Doctoral Fellowship University of Saskatchewan ($35 000) |
| 1999 | The Queen’s Fellowship, SSHRC ($5000) |