Canada’s Ivey school at the University of Western Ontario has received a further Can$8.5m from the Ivey family. Some Can$5m of the latest donation will be used to ensure that the school’s latest building will be the bee’s knees in sustainable construction.

This latest donation brings to Can$28m the amount that the school has received from the Ivey family - the latest Can$8.5m has come from lawyer Richard M Ivey, aged 84. The university renamed the business school the Ivey school following a donation of Can$11m in 1995.