Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 7 employees earning $100K+

Crown Agencies

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

7

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$1.1M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$159,218

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$149,596

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario in 2025?

Janice Deakin, President and Chief Executive Officer /Présidente directrice Générale, was paid $217,228 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 7 Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $149,596.

How has Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario's Sunshine List changed?

Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario listed 1 people in 2007 and 7 in 2025 — 7.0× as many; payroll on the list went from $198K to $1.1M, and the median salary moved from $191,757 to $149,596.

How many Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 19 yearly values of median salary, from $191,757 in 2007 to $149,596 in 2025.$100K$125K$150K$175K$200K200720112015201720212025
Median salary, 2007–2025. Axis starts at $100,000, the Sunshine List disclosure threshold. That threshold has never been indexed to inflation, so this line can fall over time simply because more people newly cross it — not necessarily because pay fell.

Top Employees
2025

#1Janice Deakin
$217,228
President and Chief Executive Officer /Présidente directrice Générale
#2Julia Colyar
$187,069
Vice President, Policy and Research /Vice-Présidente, politiques et recherche
#3Kale Brown
$176,485
Director, Finance and Administration /Directeur, des finances et de l'administration
#4Amy Kaufman
$150,556
Director, Policy, Research and System Improvement /Directrice, politiques, recherche et amélioration des systems
#5Alastair Woods
$134,543
Director, Research /Directrice, Recherche
#6Matthew Ross
$128,805
Director, Communications /Directeur de communications
#7Alexandra Macfarlane
$125,040
Director, Research /Directrice, Recherche

Download CSV (2025) →Released by the Government of Ontario under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996. Compiled by SunshineList.

Biggest Year-over-Year Increases
2024 → 2025

Kale Brown at Higher Education Quality Council Of Ontario had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $171,517 to $175,404, up 2.3%.

Kale Brown+2.3%
Director, Finance and Administration /Directeur, des finances et de l'administration
$171,517 → $175,404
Julia Colyar+1.4%
Vice President, Policy and Research /Vice-Présidente, politiques et recherche
$183,789 → $186,287
Matthew Ross+0.4%
Director, Communications /Directeur de communications
$127,262 → $127,822

A year-over-year increase or decrease in disclosed pay can include overtime, a retroactive payment, a vacation payout or severance, not only a change in base pay, rate, or role — the Sunshine List discloses total salary paid that year, not a pay rate. This list is ranked by the dollar increase, not by the percentage shown.

<5 people were new to Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario's list in 2025; 0 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

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