2018:
Brock University Award for Open Access
2018-2019:
Inaugural Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Visiting Scholar
2015-2020:
Honorary Professor, University of the Free State, South Africa
2014, 2019:
Nominated, Faculty of Graduate Studies Mentorship Award
2009-2011:
Extra-Ordinary Associate Professor, Faculty of Education Science, North West University
2008
Outstanding Publication in Canadian Curriculum Studies, the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) and the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
2004
Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award, Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS) and the Canadian Society of the Study of Education (CSSE)
New Scholar Fellowship, Canadian Society of the Study of Education/ Council of Minister of Education Canada (CSSE/ CMEC).
2001
Community Teaching Award, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT),
2000
The South African Women for Women Award (Young Woman of Distinction)