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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Deborah Stewart Khursigara

Assistant Scientific Director · McMaster University
Assistant Scientific DirectorOntarioFirst listed 2021
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$121,653.78
▲ 13.8% since 2021

Deborah Stewart Khursigara was paid $121,653.78 in total compensation as Assistant Scientific Director at McMaster University in 2025, 22% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Deborah Stewart Khursigara has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2021, earning $585K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $117,089.00 a year, up 14% over that span.

That is 27% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$121,653.78
Latest compensation
in 2025
$585K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$117,089.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+13.8%
Career growth
since 2021
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$103K$111K$119K$127K$135K20212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Deborah Stewart Khursigara's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $131,586.63
Lifetime total compensation$585K
Annual average$117,089.00
Total growth since 2021+13.8%
Biggest raise+14.3% (2024)
Biggest drop-7.5% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Assistant Scientific Director$121,653.78▼ 7.5%
2024★ Best
Assistant Scientific Director$131,586.63▲ 14.3%
2023
$115,153.52▲ 4.6%
2022
Project Manager, Research Initiatives$110,105.05▲ 3.0%
2021First
Project Manager, Research Initiatives$106,946.02
5 years total$585K total$117,089.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Assistant Scientific Director
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2021
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
5

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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