Awards and Honours
Brand's work has garnered multiple literary awards and honours and her contribution to literature has been recognized by both Canadian and international literary communities:
- 1990: Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry for No Language is Neutral (1990)
- 1997: Won the Governor General's Award for Poetry and the Trillium Book Award for Land to Light On (1997)
- 1997: Shortlisted for the Chapters Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Trillium Book Award for In Another Place, Not Here (1996)
- 1998: In Another Place, Not Here (1996) designated a New York Times Notable Book
- 1999: At the Full and Change of the Moon (1999) designated a Los Angeles Times Notable Book
- 1999: Included in The Village Voice's second annual "Writers on the Verge" literary supplement
- 2003: Won the Pat Lowther Award for thirsty (2002)
- 2003: Shortlisted for the City of Toronto Book Award, the Trillium Book Award and the Griffin Poetry Prize for thirsty (2002)
- 2006: Won the City of Toronto Book Award for What We All Long For (2005)
- 2006: Won the Harbourfront Festival Prize in recognition of her important contribution to literature
- 2006: Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry and the Trillium Book Award for Inventory (2006)
- 2006: Made a Fellow of the Academies for Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (formerly the Royal Society of Canada)
- 2007: Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award for Inventory (2006)
- 2009: Appointed Poet Laureate of Toronto
- 2011: Winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize for Ossuaries
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