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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 3 years

Laina Bay-Cheng

Vice-President Equity, People and Culture/Professor · York University
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$321,004.40
▲ 36.3% since 2023

Laina Bay-Cheng was paid $321,004.40 in total compensation as Vice-President Equity, People and Culture/Professor at York University in 2025, 221% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Laina Bay-Cheng has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 3 times since 2023, earning $911K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $303,634.00 a year, up 36% over that span.

That is 88% above the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$321,004.40
Latest compensation
in 2025
$911K
Total compensation
across 3 years
$303,634.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+36.3%
Career growth
since 2023
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FIG. 01

3 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$214K$253K$291K$330K$369K202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Laina Bay-Cheng's total compensation has moved across 3 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2024 · $354,371.75
Lifetime total compensation$911K
Annual average$303,634.00
Total growth since 2023+36.3%
Biggest raise+50.5% (2024)
Biggest drop-9.4% (2025)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

3 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest
Vice-President Equity, People and Culture/Professor$321,004.40▼ 9.4%
2024★ Best
Vice-President Equity, People and Culture/Professor$354,371.75▲ 50.5%
2023First
$235,525.98
3 years total$911K total$303,634.00 avg
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The record

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Employee details

Position
Vice-President Equity, People and Culture/Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2023
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
3

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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