Bernard V Lightman

$267,666.96asProfessor+40.9%

Employed by York University in 2025, according to Government of Ontario public salary records.

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Position

Professor

Employer

York University

Salary Information

Historical salary and taxable benefits from 2000 to 2025.

Year	Position	Salary	Benefits	Performance
2025	Professor	$267,666.96	$427.80	40.9%
2024	Professor	$189,966.68	$268.85	20.82%
2023	Professor	$157,230.96	$251.84	32.36%
2022	Professor	$232,454.92	$345.08	5.09%
2021	Professor	$221,189.16	$361.24	1.1%
2020	Professor	$218,774.88	$386.60	11.36%
2019	Professor	$196,458.84	$389.08	7.42%
2018	Professor	$182,884.12	$411.96	7.52%
2017	Professor	$197,750.40	$406.12	0.68%
2016	Professor	$196,410.47	$380.64	5.1%
2015	Professor	$186,872.52	$654.90	1.26%
2014	Professor	$184,546.36	$940.50	1.95%
2013	Professor	$181,017.54	$766.44	0.6%
2012	Professor	$182,110.47	$411.39	3.57%
2011	Professor	$188,859.96	$533.52	13.77%
2010	Professor	$166,004.18	$815.10	2.34%
2009	Professor	$162,210.89	$869.12	6.39%
2008	Professor	$152,461.14	$1,479.64	7.38%
2007	Professor	$141,984.00	$1,417.00	21.94%
2006	Professor	$116,436.28	$748.16	10.38%
2005	Professor	$105,486.17	$773.69	1.7%
2004	Professor	$103,725.70	$4,502.42	1.13%
2000	Professor, Humanities	$102,568.02	$2,671.36	—

Bernard V Lightman, Professor at York University, earned a disclosed salary of $267,666.96 in 2025 on the Ontario Sunshine List. This represents a 40.9% increase over the previous year's reported salary. Bernard V Lightman has appeared on the Ontario Sunshine List 23 times between 2000 and 2025, with reported earnings peaking at $267,666.96 in 2025. In addition to salary, $427.80 in taxable benefits was disclosed for 2025. York University reports under the Universities sector of Ontario's public sector salary disclosure.

Top earning Professors in York University

Name	Salary
John Tsotsos	$385,591.36
Kiridaran Kanagaretnam	$374,607.42
Dean Neu	$368,365.52
Yigang Pan	$367,081.72
Yisong Tian	$358,440.84
Mark Kamstra	$356,497.20
Moshe Arye Milevsky	$353,334.76
Moshe Farjoun	$352,669.36
Peter Darke	$350,614.76
Markus Giesler	$348,515.88

Top earning Professors in Ontario

Name	Salary	Employer
Timothy Snyder University Of Toronto	$509,014.02	University Of Toronto
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David Farrar McMaster University	$483,140.15	McMaster University
Muhammet Fat Guvenen University Of Toronto	$466,989.18	University Of Toronto
Salim Yusuf McMaster University	$451,950.05	McMaster University
Mohit Bhandari McMaster University	$448,461.52	McMaster University
Stephen Williamson University Of Western Ontario	$446,079.42	University Of Western Ontario
Gregory Steinberg McMaster University	$433,038.02	McMaster University
Mick Bhatia McMaster University	$430,325.45	McMaster University
Gerard Wright McMaster University	$412,681.07	McMaster University

Other employees at York University

Name	Position	Salary
Poonam Puri Professor	Professor	$268,755.89
Abi Sriharan Instructor	Instructor	$268,532.20
Kate Tilleczek Professor/Canada Research Chair	Professor/Canada Research Chair	$267,938.10
Kathryn Mcpherson Interim Dean/Professor	Interim Dean/Professor	$267,860.56
Franck Van Breugel Vice-Dean/Professor	Vice-Dean/Professor	$267,683.48
David Rice Associate Professor	Associate Professor	$267,556.02
Brenda Spotton Visano Professor	Professor	$267,427.08
Mary Jo Ducharme Associate Professor/Course Director/Undergraduate Program Director	Associate Professor/Course Director/Undergraduate Program Director	$267,300.86
Alice Hovorka Dean/Professor	Dean/Professor	$267,297.00
Lyndon Martin Professor	Professor	$267,064.44