Lakehead University

Also filed as Lakehead (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 421 employees earning $100K+

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At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

421

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$65.2M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$154,039

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$150,002

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at Lakehead University in 2025?

Gillian Siddall, President and Vice-Chancellor, was paid $361,218 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 421 Lakehead University employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $150,002.

How has Lakehead University's Sunshine List changed?

Lakehead University listed 5 people in 1996 and 421 in 2025 — 84× as many; payroll on the list went from $614K to $65.2M, and the median salary moved from $110,102 to $150,002.

How many Lakehead University employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $110,102 in 1996 to $150,002 in 2025.$100K$120K$140K$160K199620022008201320192025
Median salary, 1996–2025. 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

#1Gillian Siddall
$361,218
President and Vice-Chancellor
#2Katherine Pozihun
$276,384
Vice President – Administration and Finance
#3David Barnett
$258,718
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
#4Elizabeth Birmingham
$230,378
Dean of Law
#5Glenda Bonifacio
$230,378
Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities
#6Janusz Kozinski
$230,378
Dean of Engineering
#7Brigitte Leblon
$230,378
Dean of Natural Resources Management
#8Todd Randall
$230,378
Dean of Science and Environmental Studies
#9Mirella Stroink
$230,378
Dean of Health and Behavioural Sciences
#10Qing Dang
$229,126
Professor
#11Syed Islam
$228,032
Professor
#12Moira Mcpherson
$227,843
Professor
#13David Richards
$227,843
Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
#14Wayne Melville
$221,378
Dean of Education
#15Chander Shahi
$221,378
Dean of Graduate Studies
#16Sudip Rakshit
$221,087
Professor – Canada Research Chair
#17Andrew P. Dean
$218,968
Vice-President (Research and Innovation)
#18Subramanian Sivaramakrishnan
$218,550
Dean of Business Administration
#19Michael Den Haan
$218,218
Vice-President, University Advancement
#20Krishnamoort Natarajan
$217,750
Professor
#21Heather Murchison
$216,295
Vice Provost and Strategic Advisor to the President
#22Ruizhong Wei
$214,507
Professor
#23Sabah Mohammed
$214,323
Professor
#24Jula Hughes
$212,262
Professor
#25Michel Bedard
$212,146
Professor

See all 421 employees in 2025 →

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

Katherine Pozihun at Lakehead University had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $230,500 to $275,167, up 19.4%.

Katherine Pozihun+19.4%
Vice President – Administration and Finance
$230,500 → $275,167
Carlos Zerpa+15.8%
Associate Professor
$142,424 → $164,918
Pauline Sameshima+13.6%
Professor
$164,031 → $186,317
Elaine Wiersma+13.9%
Associate Professor
$139,024 → $158,379
Kristy Holmes+14.3%
Associate Professor
$132,596 → $151,514

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.

25 people were new to Lakehead University's list in 2025; 19 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at Lakehead University →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people