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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Christopher Rooney

Senior Director, Research and Innovation · Trent University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$160,869.70
▲ 46.4% since 2020

Christopher Rooney was paid $160,869.70 in total compensation as Senior Director, Research and Innovation at Trent University in 2025, 61% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Christopher Rooney has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $819K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $136,450.00 a year, up 46% over that span.

That is 4% above the average disclosed pay of $155,289.04 across 454 listed Trent University employees.

$160,869.70
Latest compensation
in 2025
$819K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$136,450.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+46.4%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$101K$117K$134K$150K$167K202020212022202320242025
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The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Christopher Rooney's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $160,869.70
Lifetime total compensation$819K
Annual average$136,450.00
Total growth since 2020+46.4%
Biggest raise+11.3% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Senior Director, Research and Innovation$160,869.70▲ 6.3%
2024
Senior Director, Research and Innovation$151,358.25▲ 6.4%
2023
$142,317.22▲ 6.3%
2022
Senior Director, Research and Innovation↑ role changed$133,917.11▲ 11.3%
2021
Director, Research and Innovation↑ role changed$120,367.35▲ 9.6%
2020First
Associate Registrar, Operations and Client Services$109,871.27
6 years total$819K total$136,450.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Director, Research and Innovation
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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