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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 9 years

Barbara Joy

Chief Communications Officer · York University
Chief Communications OfficerOntarioFirst listed 2017
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$212,747.16
▲ 44.9% since 2017

Barbara Joy was paid $212,747.16 in total compensation as Chief Communications Officer at York University in 2025, 113% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Barbara Joy has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 9 times since 2017, earning $1.5M in combined disclosed pay — an average of $169,067.00 a year, up 45% over that span.

That is 25% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$212,747.16
Latest compensation
in 2025
$1.5M
Total compensation
across 9 years
$169,067.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+44.9%
Career growth
since 2017
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FIG. 01

9 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$130K$161K$193K$225K201720182019202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Barbara Joy's total compensation has moved across 9 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2021 · $213,002.84
Lifetime total compensation$1.5M
Annual average$169,067.00
Total growth since 2017+44.9%
Biggest raise+65.9% (2021)
Biggest drop-30.1% (2019)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

9 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Chief Communications Officer↑ role changed$212,747.16▲ 9.5%
2024
Executive Director and Chief Spokesperson$194,346.48▲ 12.4%
2023
$172,960.76▼ 0.0%
2022
Chief Spokesperson and Director Media Relations$172,982.60▼ 18.8%
2021★ Best
Chief Spokesperson and Director Media Relations$213,002.84▲ 65.9%
2020
Chief Spokesperson and Director Media Relations$128,363.12▲ 11.3%
2019
Chief Spokesperson and Director Media Relations$115,380.71▼ 30.1%
2018
Chief Spokesperson and Director Media Relations$165,041.24▲ 12.4%
2017First
Chief Spokesperson and Director Media Relations$146,778.07
9 years total$1.5M total$169,067.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Chief Communications Officer
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2017
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
9

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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