Indigenous Relations

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

Salary Name Position
$111,209.02
earned in 2018
Amanda Spyce Strategic Relations Director
Indigenous Relations
$114,169.97
earned in 2018
Anna Wowchuk Director, FN Initiatives
Indigenous Relations
$120,010.80
earned in 2018
Arlene Thunder Director FNDF
Indigenous Relations
$118,938.56
earned in 2018
Claudette Rain Director,First Nation Projects
Indigenous Relations
$188,459.44
earned in 2018
Clay Buchanan ADM FNMR
Indigenous Relations
$115,876.60
earned in 2018
Craig Johnson Executive Director, Finance
Indigenous Relations
$162,909.50
earned in 2018
Cynthia Dunnigan Exec Dir Metis Relations
Indigenous Relations
$110,350.50
earned in 2018
Darlene Bouvier Director, Special Projects
Indigenous Relations
$124,521.02
earned in 2018
Dawna Harden Director, Stewardship
Indigenous Relations
$285,877.28
earned in 2018
Donavon Young Deputy Minister
Indigenous Relations
$118,938.56
earned in 2018
Ellen Tian Director, Corp Plan & Research
Indigenous Relations
$114,717.60
earned in 2018
Eric Davey Director Northwest Region
Indigenous Relations
$117,854.44
earned in 2018
Jason H Hanson Director South Region
Indigenous Relations
$200,404.88
earned in 2018
John C Donner ADM, Ind.ClmLdrshp&CorpServ
Indigenous Relations
$133,317.86
earned in 2018
Karen Philp Dir. Policy Initiatives & IGR
Indigenous Relations
$154,576.76
earned in 2018
Karen Young ED, Gov., Policy&Partnerships
Indigenous Relations
$124,190.09
earned in 2018
Kristina Midbo Dir, Indig Women's Initiatives
Indigenous Relations
$133,325.14
earned in 2018
Lance Wilson Director South-Central, Co. Op
Indigenous Relations
$154,696.88
earned in 2018
Lawrence Aimoe ED, Operations, ACO
Indigenous Relations
$109,854.65
earned in 2018
Leah Sheffield Director
Indigenous Relations
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Published March 2019

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2019

Alberta first started publishing the Sunshine List in 2014 following the 2012 election of Alison Redford.

The salary and severance disclosure, makes Alberta's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Alberta to make public the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid 136,805 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Alberta and earn over $136,805 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Indigenous Relations, including:

2019 Alberta Sunshine List: Indigenous Relations Top Earners

Every year, the Alberta government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Indigenous Relations's 31 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $4,387,120.69 in 2018.

At the top of the Indigenous Relations Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Indigenous Relations was Deputy Minister Donavon Young, who brought home $285,877.28 in 2018.

Following Donavon Young was Exec Advsr,Consultation Policy Stanley H Rutwind, with annual earnings of $225,408.90. ADM, Ind.ClmLdrshp&CorpServ John C Donner made $200,404.88, ADM,Consultation & Land Claims Lisa C Tchir made $200,404.88, and ADM FNMR Clay Buchanan round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $188,459.44 for the Indigenous Relations 2019 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2018, 1 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 21 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 5 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 3 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Indigenous Relations.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 1 employee made between $100,000 to $110,000
  • 21 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 5 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 3 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2019 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2019 Employers List.

What is disclosed and thresholds

  • Compensation includes base salary, overtime, bonuses, honoraria paid to board members and taxable benefits. This category essentially reflects the income amount on the person’s T4.
  • Severance reflects amounts paid or payable related to termination of employment, including retiring allowance.
  • Non-monetary (other) benefits are generally non-taxable benefits including the employer’s portion of pension contributions, employment insurance, Canada Pension Plan and Workers' Compensation Board premiums.
  • Employment and/or severance contracts for:
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions Compensation Regulation
    • Designated executives under the Reform of Agencies, Boards and Commissions (Post-Secondary Institutions) Compensation Regulation
    • The Chief Executive Officer of Alberta Health Services
    • The Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Electric System Operator

Employee thresholds

Public sector bodies are required to post online the names and amount of compensation and severance paid to employees who earn more than the threshold amount for that disclosure period.

For December disclosures, if no severance was paid, disclosure is not required.

1 The annual threshold is applied to severance disclosures in December of the current year and to compensation disclosed in June of the following year. For example, the threshold for severances disclosed by December 31, 2021 is $136,805. This is also the threshold for compensation disclosed by June 30, 2022.
Calendar year 1 Annual threshold
2021 $136,805
2020 $135,317
2019 $132,924
2018 $129,809
2017 $127,765
2016 $126,375
2015 $125,000