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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 10 years

Kent Novakowski

Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen's Centre for Advanced Computing) · Queen's University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$147,056.73
▼ 11.1% since 2013

Kent Novakowski was paid $147,056.73 in total compensation as Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen's Centre for Advanced Computing) at Queen's University in 2025, 47% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Kent Novakowski has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2013, earning $2.0M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $199,649.00 a year, down 11% over that span.

That is 16% below the average disclosed pay of $174,913.95 across 1,469 listed Queen's University employees.

$147,056.73
Latest compensation
in 2025
$2.0M
Total compensation
across 10 years
$199,649.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-11.1%
Career growth
since 2013
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FIG. 01

10 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$123K$166K$209K$251K$294K2013201420152016201720182022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Kent Novakowski's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $278,208.08
Lifetime total compensation$2.0M
Annual average$199,649.00
Total growth since 2013-11.1%
Biggest raise+16.8% (2022)
Biggest drop-47.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

10 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen's Centre for Advanced Computing)$147,056.73▼ 47.1%
2024★ Best
Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen's Centre for Advanced Computing)$278,208.08▲ 3.5%
2023
$268,682.93▲ 15.8%
2022
Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Professor$232,028.28▲ 16.8%
2018
Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Professor↑ role changed$198,673.99▲ 5.5%
2017
Department Head, Professor$188,331.78▲ 4.6%
2016
Department Head, Professor$180,074.38▲ 4.9%
2015
Department Head, Professor↑ role changed$171,683.76▲ 3.2%
2014
Professor - Civil Engineering, Department Head - Civil Engineering$166,417.56▲ 0.7%
2013First
Professor - Civil Engineering, Department Head - Civil Engineering$165,331.88
10 years total$2.0M total$199,649.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen's Centre for Advanced Computing)
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2013
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
10

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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