Deda Gillespie was paid $206,130.68 in total compensation as Associate Professor at McMaster University in 2025, 106% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Deda Gillespie has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 17 times since 2009, earning $2.6M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $152,428.00 a year, up 91% over that span.
That is 24% 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 Deda Gillespie'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★ Best | $206,130.68 | ▲ 11.4% |
2024 | $184,975.07 | ▲ 2.8% |
2023 | $179,867.12 | ▼ 1.9% |
2022 | $183,426.02 | ▲ 3.4% |
2021 | $177,408.26 | ▲ 3.8% |
2020 | $170,883.42 | ▲ 3.7% |
2019 | $164,761.29 | ▲ 3.8% |
2018 | $158,717.97 | ▲ 8.9% |
2017 | $145,724.69 | ▼ 1.3% |
2016 | $147,677.14 | ▲ 1.9% |
2015 | $144,943.30 | ▲ 9.5% |
2014 | $132,416.86 | ▲ 3.0% |
2013 | $128,499.42 | ▲ 3.5% |
2012 | $124,210.17 | ▲ 4.0% |
2011 | $119,413.39 | ▲ 4.6% |
2010 | $114,123.24 | ▲ 5.6% |
2009First | $108,103.75 | — |
| 17 years total | $2.6M total | $152,428.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Associate Professor
- Employer
- McMaster University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2009
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 17
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