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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 13 years

Barbara Edwards

Senior Policy Advisor · York University
Senior Policy AdvisorOntarioFirst listed 2012
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$158,561.83
▲ 41.6% since 2012

Barbara Edwards was paid $158,561.83 in total compensation as Senior Policy Advisor at York University in 2025, 59% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Barbara Edwards has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 13 times since 2012, earning $1.7M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $132,533.00 a year, up 42% over that span.

That is 7% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$158,561.83
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.7M
Total compensation
across 13 years
$132,533.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+41.6%
Career growth
since 2012
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FIG. 01

13 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$102K$119K$136K$153K$170K2012201320142015201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Barbara Edwards's total compensation has moved across 13 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $163,287.88
Lifetime total compensation$1.7M
Annual average$132,533.00
Total growth since 2012+41.6%
Biggest raise+21.1% (2021)
Biggest drop-9.5% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

13 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Senior Policy Advisor$158,561.83▼ 2.9%
2024★ Best
Senior Policy Advisor$163,287.88▲ 12.1%
2023
$145,672.09▲ 1.0%
2022
Senior Policy Advisor$144,259.84▼ 9.5%
2021
Senior Policy Advisor$159,406.14▲ 21.1%
2020
Senior Policy Advisor$131,675.00▲ 4.3%
2019
Senior Policy Advisor$126,288.63▲ 2.9%
2018
Senior Policy Advisor$122,745.87▲ 3.1%
2017
Senior Policy Advisor↑ role changed$119,061.90▲ 3.3%
2015
Senior Policy Advisor, Research$115,265.25▲ 1.7%
2014
Senior Policy Advisor, Research$113,343.92▲ 1.7%
2013
Senior Policy Advisor, Research↑ role changed$111,403.41▼ 0.5%
2012First
Senior Policy Advisor$111,958.04
13 years total$1.7M total$132,533.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Senior Policy Advisor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2012
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
13

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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