[9] That year he received the Allied Arts Award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.

[11][12] Baird's work Spirit Catcher was created for the 1986 Expo in Vancouver and placed along False Creek between the then Great Ramses II exhibit and McBarge in what is now George Wainborn Park (based on photo with view of Granville Street Bridge and Burrard Bridge in the background).

[5][14] The location of Sky Woman is pending on fate of Beaverton Harbour redevelopment.

[15] Spirit Catcher[16] also has a sister sculpture named Sea Serpent on the Barrie waterfront at Heritage Park.

In 2018, Baird was selected for the La Biennale di Venezia, and his work was exhibited that year in the Palazzo Bembo on Venice's Grand Canal.