Deborah Cook was paid $307,444.46 in total compensation as Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 207% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Deborah Cook has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $5.1M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $298,758.00 a year, up 6% over that span.
That is 85% above the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.
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17 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Deborah Cook's total compensation has moved across 17 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
17 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest | $307,444.46 | ▲ 0.8% |
2024 | $304,869.46 | ▼ 0.2% |
2023 | $305,603.62 | ▲ 0.6% |
2022 | $303,901.46 | ▲ 1.1% |
2021 | $300,609.06 | ▼ 5.0% |
2020 | $316,273.29 | ▼ 1.0% |
2019 | $319,509.04 | ▼ 8.1% |
2018★ Best | $347,614.99 | ▲ 31.5% |
2017 | $264,406.59 | ▼ 0.0% |
2016 | $264,406.61 | ▼ 4.5% |
2015 | $276,823.13 | ▼ 4.9% |
2014 | $291,133.27 | ▲ 0.6% |
2013 | $289,402.52 | ▼ 3.1% |
2012 | $298,545.67 | ▲ 1.4% |
2011 | $294,564.09 | ▼ 2.7% |
2010 | $302,642.86 | ▲ 4.0% |
2009First | $291,138.03 | — |
| 17 years total | $5.1M total | $298,758.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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