In 2003, he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws for scholastic attainment and community service by Queen's University, in Kingston, Ontario.
During this time, he gave many seminars on creativity and organization for managers at all levels for the National Development Foundation of South Africa.
In 1963, he left South Africa as he could not agree with the political policy of apartheid, and moved to Canada.
Eventually, he wrote a book based upon his researches: Zen and Creative Management, which has since sold more than 75,000 copies.
His final book, The Origin of Human Nature: a Zen Buddhist Looks at Evolution, was recently published by Sussex Academic Press.
Albert Low was the rōshi and director at the Montreal Zen Center with over two hundred students, whom he counseled on both spiritual and psychological issues.