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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Ali A Ashkar

Professor · McMaster University
ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2013
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$227,062.99
▲ 62.6% since 2013

Ali A Ashkar was paid $227,062.99 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 127% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Ali A Ashkar has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2013, earning $1.9M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $185,319.00 a year, up 63% over that span.

That is 37% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$227,062.99
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.9M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$185,319.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+62.6%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$124K$152K$181K$209K$238K2013201420162017202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Ali A Ashkar's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $227,062.99
Lifetime total compensation$1.9M
Annual average$185,319.00
Total growth since 2013+62.6%
Biggest raise+12.4% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Professor$227,062.99▲ 5.3%
2024
Professor$215,620.33▲ 3.3%
2023
$208,770.45▲ 3.0%
2022
Professor$202,685.94▲ 3.2%
2021
Professor$196,430.36▲ 3.7%
2020
Professor$189,351.42▲ 12.4%
2017
Professor$168,431.66▲ 5.2%
2016
Professor$160,087.98▲ 10.4%
2014
Professor↑ role changed$145,069.02▲ 3.9%
2013First
Associate Professor$139,676.07
10 years total$1.9M total$185,319.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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