Honours and awards
1972-73: R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship, Queen's University at Kingston
1973-74: Canada Council, Doctoral Fellowship
1982-89: Career Scientist Award, Ontario Ministry of Health
1988 : Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association
1988 : Book of the Year Award, awarded by the American Journal of Nursing for Pain in Children and Adolescents.
1993-98: Bristol-Myers Squibb Unrestricted Research Award and Grant Holder
1995 : Canadian Psychological Association Award for Distinguished Contribution to Canadian Psychology as a Profession
1995 : Fellow, Royal Society of Canada
1995 : Co-author of paper winning the Best Paper of the International Meeting on Pediatric Pain, Atlanta
1997 : Co-author of paper winning the Best Paper of the meeting at the American Association for the Study of Headache, New York
1998-2003: Distinguished Scientist Award, Medical Research Council of Canada (now Canadian Institutes of Health Research
1999 : Research Award, IWK Health Centre
1999 : Fellow, Canadian Psychological Association, Clinical Division
1999 : Interview included in the John C. Liebskind History of Pain Collection UCLA
2000 : Zubeck Lecturer, University of Manitoba
2001 : Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award, American Pain Society
2001 : Canadian Pain Society, Distinguished Career Award
2001-2005: Killam Professor, Dalhousie University
2001 : Supervisor of and co-author with CIHR, Brain Star, Lynn Breau
2002 : Cecil and Ida Green Visiting professor, University of British Columbia
2002-09: Canada Research Chair: Pediatric Pain
2003 : Order of Canada (Officer)
2004 : Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award of the Society of Pediatric Psychology, American Psychological Association
2004 : Inaugural Patrick Wall Lecturer, New Zealand Pain Society,
2004 : Distinguished Service Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie University
2005 : Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences
2006 : Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science, Canadian Psychological Association
2007 : A top producer of Scholarly Publications see: Stewart, PK, Wu, YP & Roberts, MC, Top Producers of Scholarly Publications in Clinical Psychology PhD Programs. J Clin Psychol 63: 1209–1215, 2007.
2009 : Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children's Pain Relief. American Pain Society
2009 : Invited Master Researcher/Clinician, American Psychological Association Convention, August
2009-16: Canada Research Chair in Child Health (renewal)
2010 : Mayday Outstanding Contributor's Award, International Association for the Study of Pain, Special Interest Group on Pain in Children.
2010 : Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award, Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology) American Psychological Association
2013 : Manning Principal Award for best innovation in Canada for Strongest Families 9with Patricia Lingley Pottie)
2013 : Initial winner of the Pat Award for Mentorship of the International Forum for Pediatric Pain
2016 : Legacy of Leadership Award, HealthCareCAN
2017 : Governor General's Award for Innovation for Strongest Families (with Patricia Lingley-Pottie)
2017 : Difference Makers Award of the Centre for Mental Health and Addiction
