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On the 2017 Sunshine List · 5 years

Michael De Gagne

President and Vice-Chancellor · Nipissing University
2017 Total Compensation Paid
$279,106.44
▲ 1.3% since 2013

Michael De Gagne was paid $279,106.44 in total compensation as President and Vice-Chancellor at Nipissing University in 2017, 179% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michael De Gagne has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2013, earning $1.4M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $283,876.00 a year, up 1% over that span.

That is 82% above the average disclosed pay of $153,663.89 across 163 listed Nipissing University employees.

$279,106.44
Latest compensation
in 2017
$1.4M
Total compensation
across 5 years
$283,876.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+1.3%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$272K$278K$285K$291K$298K20132014201520162017
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michael De Gagne's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2015 · $295,153.42
Lifetime total compensation$1.4M
Annual average$283,876.00
Total growth since 2013+1.3%
Biggest raise+5.3% (2014)
Biggest drop-5.4% (2016)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2017Latest
President and Vice-Chancellor$279,106.44▼ 0.1%
2016
President and Vice-Chancellor↑ role changed$279,290.37▼ 5.4%
2015★ Best
President & Vice-Chancellor↑ role changed$295,153.42▲ 1.7%
2014
President and Vice-Chancellor↑ role changed$290,265.62▲ 5.3%
2013First
President & Vice-Chancellor$275,564.23
5 years total$1.4M total$283,876.00 avg
FIG. 04

The record

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Employee details

Position
President and Vice-Chancellor
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2017
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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