Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lectureship at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2007
Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, University of Western Ontario, 2006
Tyrrell Medal, Royal Society of Canada 2000
Abbot Payson Usher Prize, Society of the History of Technology 1999, for the best article published in Technology and Culture in the previous three years
D Litt, honoris causa University of Windsor, June 1997
Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford 1996-7
Francois-Xavier Garneau Medal, Canadian Historical Association, for the best book in history published by a Canadian in the preceding five years, 1995
Killam Senior Research Fellow 1995-7
Fellow Royal Society of Canada 1992-
Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe College, 1992
Swedish Institute Fellow, 1991, 1994
Sir John A Macdonald Prize, Canadian Historical Association for the best book published in Canadian History in 1990
Fred Landon Award, Ontario Historical Society for the best book published in Ontario History in 1990
Laura Jamieson Award of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women for the best Canadian book in Women's Studies 1990
Certificate of Merit of the Canadian Historical Association for the best book published in Ontario History in 1990
Berkshire Prize, 1988 for the best article in history published in the United States by a woman
Riddell Award of the Ontario Historical Society, 1988 for the best article on Ontario's history published in the previous year
Canadian Historical Review prize, 1987 - awarded by the University of Toronto Press for the best article published in the journal each year
Hilda Neatby Prize, 1987 and 1995 - awarded by the Canadian Historical Association for the best article published in women's history each year