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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 5 years

Karthiga Gowrishanger

Director, Strategic Initiatives · York University
Director, Strategic InitiativesOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$105,048.74
▼ 17.2% since 2020

Karthiga Gowrishanger was paid $105,048.74 in total compensation as Director, Strategic Initiatives at York University in 2025, 5% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Karthiga Gowrishanger has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 5 times since 2020, earning $648K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $129,531.00 a year, down 17% over that span.

That is 38% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$105,048.74
Latest compensation
in 2025
$648K
Total compensation
across 5 years
$129,531.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
-17.2%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

5 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$98K$110K$123K$135K$147K20202021202220232025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

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

Highest year2023 · $142,242.40
Lifetime total compensation$648K
Annual average$129,531.00
Total growth since 2020-17.2%
Biggest raise+7.4% (2021)
Biggest drop-26.1% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

5 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Director, Strategic Initiatives$105,048.74▼ 26.1%
2023★ Best
$142,242.40▲ 3.8%
2022
Program Director, Teaching and Learning Strategic Initiatives↑ role changed$137,084.86▲ 0.5%
2021
Program Director Teaching and Learning Strategic Initiatives$136,365.48▲ 7.4%
2020First
Program Director Teaching and Learning Strategic Initiatives$126,911.82
5 years total$648K total$129,531.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Director, Strategic Initiatives
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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