Melissa Lafreniere was paid $199,604.82 in total compensation as Department Head, Professor, Robert Gilbert Chair in Geography at Queen's University in 2025, 100% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.
Melissa Lafreniere has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 10 times since 2013, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $145,594.00 a year, up 73% over that span.
That is 14% above the average disclosed pay of $174,913.95 across 1,469 listed Queen's University employees.
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10 years on the list
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The career in numbers
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A career, year by year.
How Melissa Lafreniere's total compensation has moved across 10 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.
Year-by-year history
10 years on the Sunshine List.
| Year | Total Compensation | Change |
|---|---|---|
2025Latest★ Best | $199,604.82 | ▲ 4.2% |
2024 | $191,529.78 | ▲ 33.1% |
2023 | $143,858.07 | ▼ 13.8% |
2022 | $166,939.26 | ▲ 26.6% |
2018 | $131,913.38 | ▲ 3.0% |
2017 | $128,049.28 | ▼ 2.1% |
2016 | $130,763.44 | ▲ 2.5% |
2015 | $127,554.65 | ▲ 5.7% |
2014 | $120,652.44 | ▲ 4.8% |
2013First | $115,074.12 | — |
| 10 years total | $1.5M total | $145,594.00 avg |
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Employee details
- Position
- Department Head, Professor, Robert Gilbert Chair in Geography
- Employer
- Queen's University
- Sector
- —
- Province
- Ontario
- First appeared
- 2013
- Latest disclosure
- 2025
- Years on list
- 10
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