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  • Selected to sit on The Dalai Lama Centre’s Communications Advisory Board, 2011
  • RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards, nominee, 2011
  • Invited Guest Speaker at Vancouver Film School, package design class, 2011
  • Creator of TheFleasKnees Puppy Mills Bite tee, Top 100 New Pet Products, 2010
  • Puppy Mills Bite tee, invited product in O Magazine’s Live your Best Life Weekend, Best Friends Animal Society Gala VIP Gift Bags, 2010
  • Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, nominee, 2008
  • McDonald’s campaign awarded Best Employment Image Campaign of 40 countries at McDonald’s Restaurants’ Global Marketing Convention, 2007
  • The Maxwell (Best Feature Article) for exposé on puppy mills, Puppy Hell, presented in affiliation with The Westminster Dog Show in New York City, 2007
  • Creator of Pale is the New Tanned fundraising campaign for Mary-Jo’s melanoma-awareness swim from Alcatraz, nearly $10,000 raised, 2006

That woman gives me chills. The way she writes and speaks… Genius.”

—Jody Vance, host of Citytv’s
Breakfast Television, Vancouver

  • Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Direct Marketing campaign awarded national Promo! Award in Brand Excellence, silver, 2006
  • McDonald’s campaign awarded Gold in Youth Marketing in Canada’s Media Innovation Awards, 2006
  • Vancouver’s Funniest Person with a Day Job, Finalist, 2004, 2005
  • Vancouver’s Funniest New Female Comedian, 1st Runner-up, 2004
  • Awards in Media Excellence (AIME) in categories of Best Integrated Campaign, Best Web Site, and Best In Show for Prospera Credit Union, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Invited Guest Speaker on Junior Achievement panel inspiring young girls to pursue meaningful careers, 2002
  • Writing described as “A masterpiece of urban satire that will have you laughing so hard you’ll glow,” by The Globe and Mail, 2002
  • Lotus Award finalist in category of Best Outdoor Ad Campaign for Bell Yellow Pages, 2001
  • Invited Guest Speaker at Simon Fraser University’s advertising copywriting program, 1998, 1999
  • Canada’s Walter Bell Award for “creative and human excellence in advertising” for TV script written for a Toronto women’s shelter, 1998