Indigenous Relations

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

Salary Name Position
$285,877.28
earned in 2019
Donavon Young Deputy Minister
Indigenous Relations
$200,404.88
earned in 2019
Lisa C Tchir ADM Consultation,Land & Policy
Indigenous Relations
$200,404.88
earned in 2019
Matthew Machielse Interim Chief Exec Officer
Indigenous Relations
$188,459.44
earned in 2019
Clay Buchanan ADM FNMR
Indigenous Relations
$164,060.78
earned in 2019
Patricia Merrithew-Mercredi ED, Operations, ACO
Indigenous Relations
$164,060.78
earned in 2019
Michael Lundquist ED, Stewardship and Policy Int
Indigenous Relations
$162,909.50
earned in 2019
Cynthia Dunnigan Exec Dir Metis Relations
Indigenous Relations
$154,576.76
earned in 2019
Karen Young ED, Corp Services & Change
Indigenous Relations
$142,595.78
earned in 2019
John C Donner ADM, Ind.ClmLdrshp&CorpServ
Indigenous Relations
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Steven Andres Director Land Claims
Indigenous Relations
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Karen Philp Dir, Policy & Intergov Affairs
Indigenous Relations
$133,317.86
earned in 2019
Paul Wyminga Director, Economic Development
Indigenous Relations
$123,991.01
earned in 2019
Lance Wilson Director
Indigenous Relations
$123,696.04
earned in 2019
Kristina Midbo Dir, Indig Women's Initiatives
Indigenous Relations
$122,507.84
earned in 2019
Robert Kopecky Director, Southern Region
Indigenous Relations
$119,563.78
earned in 2019
Boris Contreras Exec Dir First Nations Relns
Indigenous Relations
$118,938.56
earned in 2019
Ellen Tian Dir, Corporate Svcs & Planning
Indigenous Relations
$118,732.64
earned in 2019
Jason H Hanson Director, Northwest Region
Indigenous Relations
$118,125.02
earned in 2019
Eric Davey Director, Northeast Region
Indigenous Relations
$115,724.70
earned in 2019
Victoria Brown Director, Policy Coordination
Indigenous Relations
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Published March 2020

Alberta Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 2020

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:

2020 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 24 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $3,455,840.87 in 2019.

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 2019.

Following Donavon Young was Interim Chief Exec Officer Matthew Machielse, with annual earnings of $200,404.88. ADM Consultation,Land & Policy Lisa C Tchir made $200,404.88, ADM FNMR Clay Buchanan made $188,459.44, and ED, Stewardship and Policy Int Michael Lundquist round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $164,060.78 for the Indigenous Relations 2020 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 2019, 15 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 5 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 , 2 received between $150,001 and $200,000 , 1 received between $200,001 and $250,000 , 1 received between $250,001 and $300,000 at the Indigenous Relations.

  • Salary breakdown
  • 15 employees made between $110,000 to $150,000
  • 5 employees made between $150,000 to $200,000
  • 2 employees made between $200,000 to $250,000
  • 1 employee made between $250,000 to $300,000
  • 1 employee made more than $300,000

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 2020 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 2020 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 2020 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