University of Western Ontario

Also filed as Western Ont. (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 1,963 employees earning $100K+

Universities

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

1,963

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$327.3M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$166,269

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$156,504

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at University of Western Ontario in 2025?

Julian Birkinshaw, Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor, was paid $658,561 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 1,963 University of Western Ontario employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $156,504.

How has University of Western Ontario's Sunshine List changed?

University of Western Ontario listed 137 people in 1996 and 1,963 in 2025 — 14× as many; payroll on the list went from $17.0M to $327.3M, and the median salary moved from $112,645 to $156,504.

How many University of Western Ontario employees earn over $150,000? →

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $112,645 in 1996 to $156,504 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

#1Julian Birkinshaw
$658,561
Dean, Ivey Business School/Professor
#2John Yoo
$632,807
Dean/Professor/Medical Doctor
#3Anthony Tang
$625,030
Professor/Medical Doctor
#4Alan Shepard
$550,608
President and Vice-Chancellor
#5Stephen Williamson
$446,179
Professor
#6Ruban Chelladurai
$421,648
Associate Vice-President (Planning and Budgeting)
#7Pratima (Tima) Bansal
$410,849
Professor/Executive Director, Network for Business Sustainability
#8Kun Ping Lu
$408,276
Professor
#9Paul Beamish
$401,974
Professor
#10Kenneth Coley
$396,292
Dean, Faculty of Engineering/Professor
#11Guy Holburn
$390,875
Professor
#12Florentine Strzelczyk
$390,100
Provost/Professor
#13Walid Busaba
$386,570
Professor
#14George Athanassakos
$381,950
Professor
#15Matt Davison
$375,360
Dean, Faculty of Science/Professor
#16Ravi Menon
$370,707
Professor
#17Lynn Logan
$370,077
Vice-President (Operations and Finance)
#18Eric Morse
$367,669
Professor/Special Advisor to the President
#19Robert D Klassen
$366,087
Associate Dean (Research)/Professor
#20Dusya Vera
$364,152
Professor
#21Sumit Agrawal
$363,354
Professor/Medical Doctor
#22Robert Hegele
$360,030
Professor/Medical Doctor
#23Fred Longstaffe
$345,620
Professor
#24Jane C. O'Brien
$344,381
Associate Vice-President (Human Resources)
#25Adrian Owen
$343,034
Professor

See all 1,963 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

Kun Ping Lu at University Of Western Ontario had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $298,387 to $406,799, up 36.3%.

Kun Ping Lu+36.3%
Professor
$298,387 → $406,799
Mengxia Zhang+89.6%
Assistant Professor
$114,850 → $217,793
Vladimir Hachinski+82.3%
Professor/Medical Doctor
$123,736 → $225,550
Anthony Tang+13.6%
Professor/Medical Doctor
$550,000 → $625,000
Gregory Kopp+33.7%
Professor
$212,848 → $284,656

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.

215 people were new to University of Western Ontario's list in 2025; 151 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at University of Western Ontario →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people