
Leaders of Western, Calgary, Alberta and Waterloo top $500k
Students are often amazed at how much university presidents are paid and express indignation at high salaries in student newspapers. Last week, such a piece was printed in the University of Alberta’s Gateway. “With budget cuts choking the university’s finances, it’s frustrating to see public servants paid like CEOs,” wrote Cole Forster.
The obvious arguments in favour of high presidents’ salaries are that they earn them and would otherwise be lured away by competitors. It’s also worth noting theses salaries are taxed at rates as high as 50 per cent (in Nova Scotia).
For comparison’s sake, here is a list of what 60 Canadian university presidents received in pre-tax salaries and benefits in 2011, sourced from the 2013-14 Canadian Association of University Teachers Almanac of Post-secondary Education.
Western University, Amit Chakma: $591,490
University of Calgary, Elizabeth Cannon: $545,000
University of Alberta, Indira Samarasekera: $512,000
University of Waterloo, Feridun Hamdullahpur: $506,083
York University, Mamdouh Shoukri: $494,431
University of British Columbia, Stephen J. Toope: $486,408
University of Guelph, Alastair Summerlee: $463,470
Memorial University of Newfoundland, Gary Kachanoski: $460,000
Simon Fraser University, Andrew Petter: $444,513
University of Victoria, David H. Turpin: $444,202
University of Toronto, C. David Naylor: $436,033
University of Manitoba, David Barnard: $424,755
OCAD University, Sara Diamond: $411,226
McMaster University, Patrick Deane: $405,762
Athabasca University, Frits Pannekoek: $404,000
University of Regina, Vianne Timmons: $403,804
McGill University, Heather Munroe-Blum: $400,499
University of Saskatchewan, R. Peter MacKinnon: $400,000
Carleton University, Roseann Runte: $399,300
University of Lethbridge, Michael Mahon: $399,000
Dalhousie University, Thomas Traves: $396,826
University of Ottawa, Allan Rock: $396,292
Wilfrid Laurier University, Max Blouw: $394,486
Queen’s University, Daniel R. Woolf: $383,681
Ryerson University, Sheldon Levy: $381,860
Lakehead University, Brian Stevenson: $361,112
Mount Royal University, David Docherty: $358,000
University of New Brunswick, Eddy Campbell: up to $349,999*
Brock University, Jack Lightstone: $349,890
Concordia University, Alan Shepard: $357,000**
University of Windsor, Alan Wildeman: $341,876
Université Laval, Denis Brière: $331,955
Trent University, Steven Franklin: $330,062
Mount Allison University, Robert Campbell: up to $329,999*
Université de Sherbrooke, Luce Samoisette: $320,399
Laurentian University, Dominic Giroux: $317,062
University of Winnipeg, Lloyd Axworthy: $297,508
Grant MacEwan University, David Atkinson: $292,000
Nipissing University, Lesley Lovett-Doust: $290,794
Royal Roads University, Allan Cahoon: $289,748
St. Francis Xavier University, Sean E. Riley: $281,862
Bishop’s University, Michael Goldbloom: $281,399
Acadia University, Ray Ivany: $274,000
Brandon University, Deborah C. Poff: $269,879
University of Northern British Columbia, George Iwama: $268,442
Cape Breton University, H. John Harker: $261,588
Saint Mary’s University, J. Colin Dodds: $254,314
University of Moncton, Raymond Theberge: $250,000*
King’s University College, David Sylvester: $234,899
NSCAD University, David B. Smith: $234,530
Mount Saint Vincent University, Ramona Lumpkin: $231,449
Brescia University, College Colleen Hanycz: $225,123
St. Thomas University, Dawn Russell: up to $225,000*
Algoma University, Richard Myers: $214,920
Vancouver Island University, Ralph Nilson: $206,854
University of the Fraser Valley, Mark Evered: $206,152
Emily Carr University of Art& Design, Ron Burnett: $204,560
Thompson Rivers University, Alan Shaver: $200,000
* New Brunswick figures are for 2012 and do not include benefits. Source: CBC.ca
** Concordia figure is for 2012 and does not include benefits. Source: The Concordian