University of Windsor

Also filed as Windsor (1997).

Ontario Sunshine List 2025 · 929 employees earning $100K+

Universities

At a Glance
2025

Employee Count

929

2025 Sunshine List

Total Compensation

$144.7M

Salaries + taxable benefits

Average Salary

$155,074

2025 Sunshine List

Median Salary

$147,409

Half earn more, half less

Who makes the most at University of Windsor in 2025?

Robert Gordon, President Emeritus, was paid $442,234 in 2025 — the highest total compensation among 929 University of Windsor employees on the Sunshine List; the median salary there was $147,409.

How has University of Windsor's Sunshine List changed?

University of Windsor listed 49 people in 1996 and 929 in 2025 — 19× as many; payroll on the list went from $5.5M to $144.7M, and the median salary moved from $106,933 to $147,409.

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

Salary Trend

Median salary by yearLine chart of 30 yearly values of median salary, from $106,933 in 1996 to $147,409 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

#1Robert Gordon
$442,234
President Emeritus
#2Mehrdad Saif
$308,037
Professor
#3Graham Reader
$297,739
Professor
#4Niharendu Biswas
$297,121
Professor
#5Shanthi Johnson
$281,530
Vice-President, Research and Innovation
#6Majid Ahmadi
$281,368
Professor
#7Robert Aguirre
$279,723
Professor
#8Waguih Elmaraghy
$276,746
Professor
#9Paul Ocheje
$275,546
Professor
#10Mohammed Baki
$275,099
Professor; Master of Management Instructor
#11Sherry Morrell
$274,706
Assistant Professor; Preceptor; Sessional Instructor; Workshop Facilitator
#12William Van Heyst
$270,949
Dean, Faculty of Engineering
#13Mahmood Mohebshahedin
$267,008
Associate Professor; Master of Management Instructor; Sessional Instructor
#14Cheryl Collier
$262,083
Provost and Vice-President Academic
#15Clinton Beckford
$261,367
Vice President – People, Equity and Inclusion
#16Mitchell Fields
$260,457
Professor
#17Arunita Jaekel
$259,596
Professor
#18Anne Snowdon
$259,444
Professor
#19Claudio Verani
$259,277
Dean, Faculty of Science
#20Patricia Weir
$258,400
Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies
#21Ramaswami Balachandar
$257,987
Professor
#22Robert Mckay
$256,590
Professor; Director, Great Lakes Institute Environmental Research
#23Gillian Heisz
$256,205
Vice-President, Finance and Operations
#24Charlene Senn
$255,190
Professor
#25Lori Buchanan
$253,121
Professor

See all 929 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

Paul Ocheje at University Of Windsor had the largest increase in disclosed pay on the 2025 Sunshine List: $173,341 to $275,107, up 58.7%.

Paul Ocheje+58.7%
Professor
$173,341 → $275,107
Graham Reader+51.4%
Professor
$196,283 → $297,270
Mahmood Mohebshahedin+56.9%
Associate Professor; Master of Management Instructor; Sessional Instructor
$169,622 → $266,104
Thomas Dilworth+58.8%
Professor
$145,869 → $231,584
Jennifer Atkins+47.0%
Executive Director, Continuing Education
$148,823 → $218,792

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.

96 people were new to University of Windsor's list in 2025; 86 who were on it in 2024 were not. See the full 2025 roster →

See all pay increases at University of Windsor →

By Year
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Top Positions
2025 · 5 or more people