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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 8 years

Heather Murchison

Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President · Lakehead University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$216,295.14
▲ 35.2% since 2017

Heather Murchison was paid $216,295.14 in total compensation as Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President at Lakehead University in 2025, 116% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Heather Murchison has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 8 times since 2017, earning $1.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $193,979.00 a year, up 35% over that span.

That is 40% above the average disclosed pay of $154,039.42 across 421 listed Lakehead University employees.

$216,295.14
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.6M
Total compensation
across 8 years
$193,979.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+35.2%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

8 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$150K$168K$186K$205K$223K20172018201920212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Heather Murchison's total compensation has moved across 8 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $216,295.14
Lifetime total compensation$1.6M
Annual average$193,979.00
Total growth since 2017+35.2%
Biggest raise+15.7% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

8 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President$216,295.14▲ 4.2%
2024
Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President$207,525.87▲ 2.0%
2023
$203,486.33▲ 1.1%
2022
Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President↑ role changed$201,259.48▲ 0.4%
2021
Vice Provost (Institutional Planning and Analysis) and Strategic Advisor to the President↑ role changed$200,457.59▲ 3.0%
2019
Vice Provost Institutional Planning and Analysis and Strategic Advisor to the President↑ role changed$194,601.74▲ 15.7%
2018
Vice Provost, Institutional Planning and Analysis↑ role changed$168,243.30▲ 5.2%
2017First
Vice Provost (Institutional Planning and Analysis)$159,962.83
8 years total$1.6M total$193,979.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
8

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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