Alberta Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama for John Ware Reimagined. 2015 Obsidian Black Achievement Award for Professional Excellence. 2014 Writers Guild of Canada Sondra Kelly Screenplay Award 2008 national Harry Jerome Award For The Arts Merit Award, Fort Calgary (2004) Chris Award for Journey of Lesra Martin, Columbus International Film Festival (2003) Best Education Program, Gold Apple Award & Short Drama Award, for Carol's Mirror (1992) Great North TV Writing Competition (1995) Achievement Award, BAASA (1998) Award nominations Writers Guild of Canada documentary script Governor General Silver Birch Blue Heron Mr. Christie The Writers Guild of Alberta R. Ross Annett finalist in Theatre BC's National Playwriting Competition Love Hurts, finalist, Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards Kicking Up a Fuss: The Charles Daniels Story, finalist, Alberta Motion Picture Industry Awards References External links Biography (Alberta Order of Excellence) 21st-century Canadian novelists 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Canadian women journalists Canadian women novelists People from Amber Valley, Alberta Writers from Calgary Canadian people of African-American descent Black Canadian writers Living people Canadian women film directors Black Canadian filmmakers Canadian documentary film directors Film directors from Calgary Canadian women non-fiction writers 1956 births Canadian women documentary filmmakers