- Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary
(Gemini Awards) Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television 2001.
- Golden Sheaf Award for Best Documentary (Yorkton 2001)
- Hot Docs! Humanitarian Award (Toronto 2001)
- Rex Tasker Award for Best Documentary & Linda Joy Award for Most Promising New Director
(Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax 2000)
- Best Film in its Category (Picture This!, Calgary 2001)
- Certificate of Merit (San Francisco International Film Festival, 2001)
- Gold Award (National Health Information Awards, USA 2002)
- Best Documentary under a half-hour (Alberta Film and Television Awards 2001)
- Gold Award in the Cultural/Ethnic category (WorldFest Houston 2001)
- Canadian Public Relations Society Gemstone Award, 2005