"The real driver for us has always been supporting excellence." Siblings Rosamond and Richard Ivey build on family legacy of giving to Ivey Business School and #WesternU, investing in business education, leadership research and student success.

"The real driver for us has always been supporting excellence." Siblings Rosamond and Richard Ivey build on family legacy of giving to Ivey Business School and #WesternU, investing in business education, leadership research and student success.
A combined $4M gift from the Shah Family Foundation and the Gloria Baylis Foundation has launched the Dr. George J. Klein Shah-Baylis Chair. With matching funds from #WesternU, the $8M endowed chair will advance heart rhythm research and improve care for patients with arrhythmias. 💜 #AllinWesternU
Literary icon Margaret Atwood has gifted $1M to #WesternU, honouring her longtime partner Graeme Gibson, BA'58, to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology - advancing research on how birds move, behave and adapt in a changing world. #AllinWesternU news.westernu.ca/2026/09/grae...
#WesternU is building a new home for the future of health research. The Bioconvergence Centre will integrate medicine, biology, engineering and advanced technologies, accelerating the path from research breakthroughs to real treatments. #AllinWesternU
#WesternU is offering financial support to its most promising startups.
The $5M Western Propel Fund will provide investments of $150,000 (up to six each year) from Western, Ivey Business School and Morrissette Entrepreneurship to grow early-stage ventures.