Honours
The Gold Medal of the Christian Culture Series,
by Assumption University, Windsor, March 28, 1993.
The Outstanding Teacher Award,
the University of Toronto, March 25, 1994.
Doctor of Humanities honoris causa,
the University of Windsor, June 11, 1994.
Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa,
the Catholic University of America, Washington, April 2, 1998.
Doctor of Sacred Letters honoris causa,
the University of St. Michael’s College, Toronto, November 27, 1999.
Doctor of Laws honoris causa,
the University of Toronto, June 18, 2001.
The Father Owen Lee Scholarship Fund at the University of Toronto – endowed by Paul and Nancy Nickle, June, 2001.
The Opera Canada Opera Educator Award (the “Ruby”) at the Granite Club, Toronto, October 17, 2001.
The WSWDC’s Wagner Awards (“the Siegfried Sword” and “the Hans Sachs Medallion”)
The Wagner Society of Washington DC
(at George Washington University), December, 2001.
a Revival of “Die Meistersinger”, by the Metropolitan Opera,
A special gift of Mr. and Mrs. Corbin R. Miller
and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scribner III
“in honor of Father Owen Lee ” December, 2014