Rene Van Acker appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $496,493 plus $4,128 in taxable benefits (total $500,621). Rene is listed as President and Vice-Chancellor at University Of Guelph, in the Universities sector.
Rene has been disclosed in 18 of the 19 years between 2007 and 2025. Their reported salary has grown from $118,452 in 2007 to $496,493 in 2025 — a 319.2% change over 18 years.
Within the Universities sector that year, Rene's $496,493 placed them in the 100th percentile (sector average: $165,197). Across the entire 2025 disclosure, this places them in the top 1% of all disclosed earners that year.
The interactive timeline and year-by-year breakdown below show every year Rene has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
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$496K
Current Salary
2025
$501K
Total Comp.
Incl. $4,128 benefits
18
Years on List
2007–2025
+319.2%
Salary Growth
2007–2025
+$161,938 vs previous year
Sector avg $165,197 · Range $100K\u2013$657K
Earns more than 100% of disclosed employees.
2025
President and Vice-Chancellor
University Of Guelph
$496,493
+$161,938
2024
President and Vice-Chancellor
University Of Guelph
$334,554
+$58,642
2023
Vice President Research
University Of Guelph
$275,912
+$5,214
2022
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$270,698
+$9,853
2021
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$260,845
+$11,351
2020
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$249,494
+$5,972
2019
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$243,523
+$7,652
2018
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$235,871
+$16,590
2017
Dean, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$219,281
+$34,295
2015
Associate Dean, External Relations, Ontario Agricultural College
University Of Guelph
$184,987
+$4,251
2014
Professor and Associate Dean
University Of Guelph
$180,736
+$7,149
2013
Professor & Associate Dean
University Of Guelph
$173,587
+$5,223
2012
Professor & Associate Dean
University Of Guelph
$168,364
+$11,877
2011
Professor & Associate Dean
University Of Guelph
$156,487
-$1,400
2010
Professor & Associate Dean
University Of Guelph
$157,887
+$19,851
2009
Professor & Associate Dean
University Of Guelph
$138,035
+$9,129
2008
Professor/Chair
University Of Guelph
$128,906
+$10,454
2007
Professor/Chair
University Of Guelph
$118,452