Salary Disclosure for Trent University President 1997 - 2003
March 2, 2004
Salary disclosures show that by 2003 Trent president's pay increased more than $64,000 since 1997, that's more than 36%. When Trent president Bonnie Patterson left COU her 1997 salary and taxable benefits totalled $153,941.00. In 2003 Trent paid Patterson salary and benefits totalling $240,381.41. Patterson has responsibilities outside of Trent that absorb significant time on non-Trent matters.
| Year | President & Vice–Chancellor | Salary Paid | Taxable Benefits | Total |
| 1997 [1] | Leonard W. Conolly | $152,499.96 | $7,102.95 | $159,602.91 |
| 1998 [2] | ||||
| 1999 [3] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $170,000.00 | $5,983.12 | $175,983.12 |
| 2000 [4] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $170,000.04 | $11,851.92 | $181,851.96 |
| 2001 [5] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $182,500.02 | $19,697.47 | $202,197.49 |
| 2002 [6] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $202,500.00 | $22,674.94 | $225,174.94 |
| 2003 [7] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $217,350.00 | $23,031.41 | $240,381.41 |
And just for interest's sake, here's the salary disclosure for the President of the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) for the salary years 1996 & 1997.
| Year | President of COU | Salary Paid | Taxable Benefits | Total |
| 1996[8] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $150,000.00 | $1,011.00 | $151,011.00 |
| 1997[9] | Bonnie M. Patterson | $153,000.00 | $941.00 | $153,941.00 |
[1] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 1998 (Disclosure for 1997)
[2] The gap in the data are due either to the administrator in question earning less than $100,000 in the given year or to the job changing hands, with each person earning less than $100,000 in the given position in that calendar year.
[3] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2000 (Disclosure for 1999)
[4] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2001 (Disclosure for 2000)
[5] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2002 (Disclosure for 2001)
[6] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2003 (Disclosure for 2002)
[7] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 2004 (Disclosure for 2003)
[8] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 1997 (Disclosure for 1996)
[9] Ontario Ministry of Finance Public Sector Salary Disclosure 1998 (Disclosure for 1997)
If any of the above links are broken navigate around the Ontario government's website to the Ministry of Finance and look for Ontario's Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
