Alberta's new Public Sector Compensation Transparency Act, adopted in 2015, applies to all public sector agencies, boards and commissions governed by the Alberta Public Agencies Governance Act. One professor at the University of Calgary earned $737,422.21 in total pay last year, according to a salary disclosure released Thursday under new provincial law. The "other" compensation disclosed in the list includes employer-paid benefits for supplemental health, dental, employee/family assistance programs, long-term disability, pension and workers compensation, according to the university. That puts him first on the list, ahead of university president Elizabeth Cannon, who earned $626,019.71. Steven Bryant, described by the university as "a world-leading nanotechnology researcher," earned $705,866.56 in basic compensation and $31,555.65 in "other" compensation in 2015, according to the list.

Source: CBC News June 30, 2016 18:52 UTC