He was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada in 2004 for having "demonstrated and shared his pride in" Canada. In 2006, he was made a member of the
Order of Ontario in recognition for having been "responsible for some of the most influential news programs in Canada". Starowicz received the
Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his lifetime contribution to Canadian broadcasting. In 2001, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from
York University. In 2015, he received the
Gordon Sinclair Award, the lifetime achievement award for Canadian broadcast journalism from the
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. ==References==