For many Canadian companies, the push for net zero is no longer a distant goal – it’s a defining business challenge. With 2030 mid-course targets looming and climate disclosure requirements tightening, firms are feeling the pressure to turn ambition i …
If any real progress is to be made in meeting the country’s ambitious 2030 greenhouse gas emissions target, Canadian policy-makers need to tackle immediately the sensitive question of how to share the burden, according to an Ivey Business School professor. Set at the...
Today, Western formally launches its Theatre Studies program with a two-day celebration. In honour of that occasion, Western News asked four students – Caitlin Austin, Jack Copland, Rachel Flear and Sarah Gilpin –to share their reasonings behind studying theatre and...
The over-exuberant rush certain males get from trading stocks, inadvertently causing prices to soar thanks to off-the-cuff decision-making, may be hormonal, according to a Western researcher. Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler said male traders with elevated...
As Chantal Rapport looks out of her office window, the Distillery District in Toronto looks back at her. “Everything I have worked hard for has paid off,” she said. Rapport is not an average 23 year old. A 2014 graduate of Ivey Business School, she is now an analyst...
Western alumnae Mallorie Brodie, who holds a certificate in Entrepreneurship from Ivey Business School, and Lauren Lake, BESc’13, were named Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 at the 2015 Canadian Startup Awards. The pair are co-founders Bridgit, a cloud-based mobile and...
Margaret Macmillan, Richard McLaren and P. Kim Sturgess were recently named among 69 new appointments to the Order of Canada.
How will we remember 2015? Probably through one or more of these faces. Join us in this spotlight, in brief words and striking images, of some of our favourites from the last year.
JOIN THE CELEBRATION: The university community celebrates “all things international” at the annual Western International Week, Nov. 16-20. Visit internationalweek.uwo.ca/ for details. * * * The world’s agenda has been set. In September, the United Nations, in...
While Olympic athletes dedicate their lives to their sport, embodying commitment, determination and professionalism, there comes a time when it all must end. Now, Ivey Business School is playing a role in getting these athletes from the podium to the business world by...
Imagine playing Super Mario Bros. or Super Monkey Ball, but instead of following the action on a screen, you are part of the action, immersed in the landscape. If you liked the above mentioned platform games, you’ll love MushroomBallVR. But first, the new virtual...
On Monday, Western and the Ivey School of Business celebrated the 90th birthday of Richard M. Ivey, the visionary Western grad, philanthropist and university champion who helped elevate the university’s business school to international prominence. As part of that...
On the road to living a good life, there should be no delay, said J. Robert S. Prichard, non-executive chair of Torys LLP, an international business law firm.