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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 7 years

Michelle Donovan

Associate Director, Marketing and Communications · McMaster University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$126,509.10
▲ 23.9% since 2019

Michelle Donovan was paid $126,509.10 in total compensation as Associate Director, Marketing and Communications at McMaster University in 2025, 27% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michelle Donovan has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 7 times since 2019, earning $800K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $114,304.00 a year, up 24% over that span.

That is 24% below the average disclosed pay of $165,955.39 across 1,966 listed McMaster University employees.

$126,509.10
Latest compensation
in 2025
$800K
Total compensation
across 7 years
$114,304.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+23.9%
Career growth
since 2019
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FIG. 01

7 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$106K$114K$122K$129K2019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michelle Donovan's total compensation has moved across 7 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $126,509.10
Lifetime total compensation$800K
Annual average$114,304.00
Total growth since 2019+23.9%
Biggest raise+6.9% (2020)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

7 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications$126,509.10▲ 5.0%
2024
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications$120,501.38▲ 2.9%
2023
$117,122.85▲ 3.0%
2022
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications↑ role changed$113,686.19▲ 2.4%
2021
Associate Director, Marketing and Communication↑ role changed$110,973.50▲ 1.6%
2020
Manager$109,198.08▲ 6.9%
2019First
Manager$102,139.03
7 years total$800K total$114,304.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Director, Marketing and Communications
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2019
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
7

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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