Ivey Business School - Western University

About Our History

History of Ivey’s leadership

In 1922, Ivey Business School began in the basement of Western’s University College, a small part of the Faculty of Arts program. Now, Ivey takes its place on the global stage, standing as one of the world’s leading business schools. Take a walk through Ivey’s history, from the basement of University College to the boardrooms of some of the top organizations in the world.

1983 Ivey Building Drawing

 

A timeline of Ivey’s Historic Collection

Ivey’s Historic Collection is a visual library documenting Ivey’s leadership and innovation over the last 97 years. It is a collection of memories by key individuals who have helped to lay the foundation of Ivey.

Our visual record of history is designed so you can search for different artifacts by year or name. From Dr. W. Sherwood Fox’s development of a new undergraduate course using Harvard University’s case method approach in 1919, to the grand opening of the new Ivey building in 2013, Ivey’s history is marked by both significant milestones and the people whose vision and leadership made them happen.

Spend time exploring Ivey’s rich past and experience the inspiring stories of leadership that continue to define the School today.

Richard Ivey Building



Learn more

For additional information about Ivey’s Historic Collection, please visit the Discover Ivey website.

 

Copyright

Unless otherwise noted, all materials that form part of this virtual exhibit are owned by Ivey Business School or are protected by copyright law and used with permission. Ivey’s Historic Collection has taken all reasonable efforts to ensure that materials for which other institutions hold copyright are reproduced with the full consent of the copyright owners.

We invite you to use the material in this virtual exhibit for non-commercial education, study or research purposes and any other use permitted by the Canadian Copyright Act with proper acknowledgement or citation of the copyright owner and the virtual exhibit. Copyright and other propriety notices should be kept intact with the material.

For any other purposes, especially commercial, express written permission from the indicated copyright owner is required if you wish to reuse material from this virtual exhibit in any way. We wish to acknowledge and thank all the rights holders whose material appears in this virtual exhibit.

 

Special Thanks

The code used for this virtual exhibit was originally developed by the Labatt Brewing Company for use in the Labatt Historic Collection: A Canadian Story exhibit jointly created by the Labatt Brewing Company and Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western University. Upon the completion of that project the Labatt Brewing Company generously donated the code to Western University for future use. The Ivey Business School at Western University acknowledges this important contribution to this virtual exhibit.