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On the 2025 Sunshine List · 6 years

Melanie Simpson

Visiting Professor · York University
Visiting ProfessorOntarioFirst listed 2020
2025 Total Compensation Paid
$112,034.16
▲ 1.9% since 2020

Melanie Simpson was paid $112,034.16 in total compensation as Visiting Professor at York University in 2025, 12% above Ontario's $100,000.00 Sunshine List threshold.

Melanie Simpson has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 6 times since 2020, earning $650K in combined disclosed pay — an average of $108,325.00 a year, up 2% over that span.

That is 34% below the average disclosed pay of $170,678.47 across 2,557 listed York University employees.

$112,034.16
Latest compensation
in 2025
$650K
Total compensation
across 6 years
$108,325.00
Average / year
while on Sunshine List
+1.9%
Career growth
since 2020
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FIG. 01

6 years on the list

Annual total compensation (CAD) — hover to inspect.

$102K$105K$108K$111K$114K202020212022202320242025
FIG. 02

The career in numbers

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

A career, year by year.

How Melanie Simpson's total compensation has moved across 6 years on the Ontario Sunshine List.

Highest year2025 · $112,034.16
Lifetime total compensation$650K
Annual average$108,325.00
Total growth since 2020+1.9%
Biggest raise+2.8% (2024)
Biggest drop-4.2% (2021)
FIG. 03

Year-by-year history

6 years on the Sunshine List.

YearPositionTotal CompensationChange
2025Latest★ Best
Visiting Professor$112,034.16▲ 2.0%
2024
Visiting Professor$109,823.52▲ 2.8%
2023
$106,786.68▲ 0.7%
2022
Visiting Professor$106,080.00▲ 0.7%
2021
Visiting Professor↑ role changed$105,299.38▼ 4.2%
2020First
Course Director$109,928.78
6 years total$650K total$108,325.00 avg
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Employee details

Position
Visiting Professor
Sector
Province
Ontario
First appeared
2020
Latest disclosure
2025
Years on list
6

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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