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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Gillian Helfield

Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching · York University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$137,411.00
▲ 21.8% since 2020

Gillian Helfield was paid $137,411.00 in total compensation as Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching at York University in 2025, 37% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Gillian Helfield has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2020, earning $615K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $122,951.00 a year, up 22% over that span.

That is 19% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$137,411.00
Latest compensation
in 2025
$615K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$122,951.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+21.8%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$106K$115K$124K$134K$143K20202022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2024 · $139,685.29
Lifetime total compensation$615K
Annual average$122,951.00
Total growth since 2020+21.8%
Biggest raise+22.6% (2024)
Biggest drop-1.7% (2022)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching$137,411.00▼ 1.6%
2024★ Best
Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching$139,685.29▲ 22.6%
2023
$113,922.49▲ 2.7%
2022
Sessional Assistant Professor↑ role changed$110,911.60▼ 1.7%
2020First
Sessional Associate Professor Teaching$112,826.35
5 years total$615K total$122,951.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Sessional Assistant Professor, Teaching
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
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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