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On the 2015 Sunshine List · 7 years

Robert Backstrom

Vice President Student and Corporate Services · Confederation College
2015 Total Compensation Paid
$128,484.93
▼ 29.9% since 2009

Robert Backstrom was paid $128,484.93 in total compensation as Vice President Student and Corporate Services at Confederation College in 2015, 28% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Robert Backstrom has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2009, earning $1.2M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $168,641.00 a year, down 30% over that span.

That is 12% above the average disclosed pay of $115,130.45 across 115 listed Confederation College employees.

$128,484.93
Latest compensation
in 2015
$1.2M
Total compensation
across 7 years
$168,641.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-29.9%
Career growth
since 2009
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$117K$138K$159K$180K$201K2009201020112012201320142015
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

Totals, averages, and the biggest moves — all total compensation.

A career, year by year.

How Robert Backstrom's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2014 · $193,256.90
Lifetime total compensation$1.2M
Annual average$168,641.00
Total growth since 2009-29.9%
Biggest raise+14.5% (2014)
Biggest drop-33.5% (2015)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2015Latest
Vice President Student and Corporate Services↑ role changed$128,484.93▼ 33.5%
2014★ Best
Vice President Student And Corporate Services↑ role changed$193,256.90▲ 14.5%
2013
Vice President Student and Corporate Services, Chief Information Officer, Board Secretary/Treasurer↑ role changed$168,846.36▲ 0.0%
2012
Vice President, Student and Corporate Services↑ role changed$168,822.68▼ 0.0%
2011
Vice President Corporate Services↑ role changed$168,869.36▼ 0.0%
2010
Vice President, Corporate Services↑ role changed$168,945.12▼ 7.8%
2009First
Vice President Student & Corporate Services$183,260.79
7 years total$1.2M total$168,641.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Vice President Student and Corporate Services
Sector
Colleges
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2009
Latest disclosure
2015
Years on list
7

Data source

Salary data is published annually by the Ontario government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. Only employees earning $100,000+ are disclosed.

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