The new home of entrepreneurship at Western University
The Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will be open to students, alumni, faculty, and staff from all disciplines and academic backgrounds who are interested in inventing, making, growing, and sharing innovative ideas.
The 100,000-square-foot building is located at the heart of campus and will be named the Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. When completed in the fall of 2024, Western’s first net-zero-energy building will be a gathering place that houses a state-of-the-art, active learning classroom; a maker space equipped with 3D printers, metalworking machinery, and woodworking tools; and a digital lab.
It will also be home to the Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship, Powered by Ivey, and its range of entrepreneurship programs, incubators, and accelerator programs.
This is more than a building. This is a place where tomorrow’s entrepreneurs will cultivate their entrepreneurial spirit, whether they’re in engineering, music, journalism, law, medicine, science, business or the arts. We need to both encourage and back the entrepreneurial culture in Canada, and this new institute is going to play a big role in doing that.
Ronald D. Schmeichel, JD’95.
Explore The Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Kevin Sullivan Family Foundation Collaborators Space
Collision Space
Dellelce Family Atrium
Sabourin Family Foundation Maker Space
Grand Hall
Whitmore Breakout Room
Western Accelerator
Digital Maker Space
Buck Family Lounge
Classroom
Alumni Commons
Rothschild Boardroom
Building in Progress...
Virtual Tour
Take a virtual tour of the Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation from May 2024.
Financial Post Story
Located in the heart of Western, the Ronald D. Schmeichel Building provides a collision space for aspiring founders from all disciplines and walks of life.
Building Announcement
$10M gift gives rise to the Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.