Image courtesy of Ken McAllister/Library and Archives Canada/PA-165515.
The Bertram Warr Award for a group of poems awarded by Contemporary Verse, 1940
Oscar Blumenthal Award for a group of poems awarded by Poetry (Chicago), 1944
The Governor General’s Award in Poetry for The Metal and the Flower, 1954
National Magazines Award (Gold) 1985
Canadian Authors’ Association Literary Award for Poetry, 1985-86
Brazilian Journal short listed for the Governor-General’s Award, 1987
B.C. Book Prizes Hubert Evans Award for Non-Fiction for Brazilian Journal, 1987
Banff Centre School of Fine Arts National Award, 1989
Readers’ Choice Award, Prairie Schooner, for a group of poems, 1993;
bpNichol Chapbook Award for Alphabetical, 1999
Tribute at the Vancouver Writers’ Festival, 2000
Distinguished Writer, Banff, 2002
Ambassador for the Arts, Mechosin International Summer School of the Arts, 2002
Tribute at Sechelt Festival of the Arts, 2002
The Griffin Prize for Poetry – shortlisted for Planet Earth in 2003
The Terasen Life Time Achievement Award, 2004 (returned)
The Lieut. Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence, 2004
National Magazines Award (Silver) 2005