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On the 2019 Sunshine List · 5 years

Michelle Chaisson

Senior Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors · Ryerson University
2019 Total Compensation Paid
$102,724.75
▼ 31.8% since 2015

Michelle Chaisson was paid $102,724.75 in total compensation as Senior Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors at Ryerson University in 2019, 3% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Michelle Chaisson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2015, earning $675K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $134,962.00 a year, down 32% over that span.

That is 34% below the average disclosed pay of $155,177.98 across 1,601 listed Ryerson University employees.

$102,724.75
Latest compensation
in 2019
$675K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$134,962.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-31.8%
Career growth
since 2015
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$94K$110K$125K$141K$156K20152016201720182019
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Michelle Chaisson's total compensation has moved across 5 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2015 · $150,703.67
Lifetime total compensation$675K
Annual average$134,962.00
Total growth since 2015-31.8%
Biggest raise+5.7% (2018)
Biggest drop-28.3% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2019Latest
Senior Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors$102,724.75▼ 28.3%
2018
Senior Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors↑ role changed$143,269.27▲ 5.7%
2017
Senior Legal Counsel$135,549.48▼ 4.9%
2016
Senior Legal Counsel↑ role changed$142,563.33▼ 5.4%
2015First★ Best
Legal Counsel$150,703.67
5 years total$675K total$134,962.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Senior Legal Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Board of Governors
Sector
Universities
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2015
Latest disclosure
2019
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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