Having immigrated to Canada from Sri Lanka as a child, MBA student Gayan Ferdinands knows what it’s like to settle into a new environment and how those roots shaped his identity. But some students in Ivey’s MBA cohort might be experiencing what it …
Ivey Business School
Ivey team well-suited for menswear case victory
Ideas on how to guide a legendary local menswear retailer into the future took centre stage as the Ivey Business School hosted its annual Business 1220E Case Competition. A six-member team comprised of Richard Wang, Alex Wu, Amy Xu, Eva Xu, Willie Zhou and Morgan Zhuo...
Trio honoured with Distinguished University Professorships
Western’s latest honorees of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Textbooks for Change continues push to fill library shelves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClZcG5KOnbw Textbooks for Change, a not-for-profit co-founded by Ivey Business School grad Chris Janssen, recently launched a One Million Textbooks to Africa campaign on Indiegogo, in order to fund a trip to Ethiopia and Kenya to...
Poloz: A stable future requires a rethink of central banking
Thanks to some deft policy-making, the global economy avoided – barely – a second Great Depression. And while the Great Recession has been painful, there are lessons within it that must be considered when reinventing central banking.
Four named among elite future entrepreneurs
From a direct lending platform to connecting businesses to retirees, four Western students are part of a group of just 38 students from across Canada chosen to take their entrepreneurial ideas to the next level.
Poloz marries theory, practice atop Bank of Canada
By Jason Winders Stephen Poloz thinks he would have made a good doctor. “I think I am kind of a people person. My doctor is like that. I like to have a chat with people before we get down to what their problem might be,” Poloz, MA’79, PhD’82 (Economics), said with a...
Alumna’s efforts earn Hult Prize nomination
Education and garbage rarely find themselves in the same category, but Western alumna Renee Vansevenant’s efforts to marry the two, for the benefit of some of the planet’s neediest children has led to international recognition for the recent Business Administration...
Western teams advance in Hult Prize competition
Two teams of Western students have advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, putting the eight students in line for the competition’s $1-million prize, the organization announced today. Sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation, the...
UWOFA awards annual scholarships to outstanding students
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...
D’Aquino: Door to opportunity is as wide as it gets
Despite its challenges, our world is one of unparalleled promise and opportunity, Thomas D’Aquino, lawyer, entrepreneur and educator, told graduates at the Friday morning session of Western’s 304th Convocation. D’Aquino spoke to graduates from the Faculty of Health...
Abella: Don’t let recent events muddy tolerant waters
Canada needs today’s graduates, their ideas and their contributions, to protect the country’s cultural mosaic, Irving Abella, eminent historian and president of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada, told graduates at the Thursday...
Advanced lessons in basic training
The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...
Ivey team well-suited for menswear case victory
Ideas on how to guide a legendary local menswear retailer into the future took centre stage as the Ivey Business School hosted its annual Business 1220E Case Competition. A six-member team comprised of Richard Wang, Alex Wu, Amy Xu, Eva Xu, Willie Zhou and Morgan Zhuo...
Trio honoured with Distinguished University Professorships
Western’s latest honorees of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Textbooks for Change continues push to fill library shelves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClZcG5KOnbw Textbooks for Change, a not-for-profit co-founded by Ivey Business School grad Chris Janssen, recently launched a One Million Textbooks to Africa campaign on Indiegogo, in order to fund a trip to Ethiopia and Kenya to...
Poloz: A stable future requires a rethink of central banking
Thanks to some deft policy-making, the global economy avoided – barely – a second Great Depression. And while the Great Recession has been painful, there are lessons within it that must be considered when reinventing central banking.
Four named among elite future entrepreneurs
From a direct lending platform to connecting businesses to retirees, four Western students are part of a group of just 38 students from across Canada chosen to take their entrepreneurial ideas to the next level.
Poloz marries theory, practice atop Bank of Canada
By Jason Winders Stephen Poloz thinks he would have made a good doctor. “I think I am kind of a people person. My doctor is like that. I like to have a chat with people before we get down to what their problem might be,” Poloz, MA’79, PhD’82 (Economics), said with a...
Alumna’s efforts earn Hult Prize nomination
Education and garbage rarely find themselves in the same category, but Western alumna Renee Vansevenant’s efforts to marry the two, for the benefit of some of the planet’s neediest children has led to international recognition for the recent Business Administration...
Western teams advance in Hult Prize competition
Two teams of Western students have advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, putting the eight students in line for the competition’s $1-million prize, the organization announced today. Sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation, the...
UWOFA awards annual scholarships to outstanding students
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...
D’Aquino: Door to opportunity is as wide as it gets
Despite its challenges, our world is one of unparalleled promise and opportunity, Thomas D’Aquino, lawyer, entrepreneur and educator, told graduates at the Friday morning session of Western’s 304th Convocation. D’Aquino spoke to graduates from the Faculty of Health...
Abella: Don’t let recent events muddy tolerant waters
Canada needs today’s graduates, their ideas and their contributions, to protect the country’s cultural mosaic, Irving Abella, eminent historian and president of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada, told graduates at the Thursday...
Advanced lessons in basic training
The dusty and sweaty trails of the Canadian Forces Base Borden, just north of Barrie, Ont., might just be the last place you’d expect to find business students. But for one week this past summer, close to 40 Ivey Business School students where put through their paces...