2020 – Canada Book Award (Nourish)
2020 – Nautilus Grand Gold Book Award (Nourish)
2022 – Recipient of The Plantrician Project Luminary Award
2020 – Canada Book Award (Nourish)
2020 – Nautilus Grand Gold Book Award (Nourish)
2014 – REAL Best of 2014 Book Award 
2014 – Canada Book Award 
2014 – 24-Carrot Award – Vegetarians in Paradise 
2014 – Distinguished Dietitian Award – Dietitians For Professional Integrity 
2013 – ForeWard Book of the Year Finalist and Honorable Mention 
2007 – Vegetarian Hall of Fame Inductee (one inductee per year)

Brenda recieves the Plant-Based Luminary Award in 2022

In June 2007, Brenda was inducted to the Vegetarian Hall of Fame (North American Vegetarian Society. It was a huge surprise. The MC was her dear friend, Margie Colclough. What a tremendous honor!