Steven Liss appears on the Ontario Sunshine List with a 2025 disclosed salary of $357,680 plus $1,436 in taxable benefits (total $359,116). Steven is listed as Vice President Research and Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University, in the Universities sector.
Steven has been disclosed in 22 of the 24 years between 2002 and 2025. Their reported salary has grown from $103,999 in 2002 to $357,680 in 2025 — a 243.9% change over 23 years.
Within the Universities sector that year, Steven's $357,680 placed them in the 99th 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 Steven has been disclosed under the Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure.
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$358K
Current Salary
2025
$359K
Total Comp.
Incl. $1,436 benefits
22
Years on List
2002–2025
+243.9%
Salary Growth
2002–2025
+$9,000 vs previous year
Sector avg $165,197 · Range $100K\u2013$657K
Earns more than 100% of disclosed employees.
2025
Vice President Research and Innovation
Toronto Metropolitan University
$357,680
+$9,000
2024
Vice President Research and Innovation
Toronto Metropolitan University
$348,680
+$44,780
2023
Vice President Research and Innovation
Toronto Metropolitan University
$303,900
+$5,000
2022
Vice President Research and Innovation
Toronto Metropolitan University
$298,900
+$0
2021
Vice President Research and Innovation
Ryerson University
$298,900
-$2,000
2020
Vice President Research and Innovation
Ryerson University
$300,900
+$0
2019
Vice President Research and Innovation
Ryerson University
$300,900
+$12,000
2018
Vice President Research and Innovation
Ryerson University
$288,900
+$84,975
2017
Vice President Research and Innovation
Ryerson University
$203,925
-$59,980
2016
Vice-Principal (Research), Professor
Queen's University
$263,905
-$2,000
2015
Vice-Principal (Research), Professor
Queen's University
$265,905
-$6,000
2014
Vice-Principal (Research) - Office of the Vice-Principal (Research), Professor - Environmental Studies
Queen's University
$271,905
+$2,000
2013
Vice-Principal (Research), Professor - Chemical Engineering
Queen's University
$269,905
+$136,862
2010
Associate Vice President, Research & International Relations
University Of Guelph
$133,043
-$61,748
2009
Associate Vice President, Research & International Relations
University Of Guelph
$194,792
-$24,182
2008
Acting Vice-President, Research
University Of Guelph
$218,973
+$113,350
2007
Instructor
Ryerson University
$105,623
-$49,455
2006
Associate Dean, Research Development & New Science Program
Ryerson University
$155,078
+$17,859
2005
Assoc. Dean, Faculty of Engineering
Ryerson University
$137,219
+$3,541
2004
Assoc Dean, Research Dev. & New Sci Prog
Ryerson University
$133,678
+$8,354
2003
Associate Dean, Eng. & Applied Science
Ryerson University
$125,325
+$21,325
2002
Assoc. Dean, Rsrch, Grad Studies & Dev.
Ryerson University
$103,999