Dear Quest University Alumni Community,

We request your financial support for Quest alumna, Anna Lippman (class of 2013) and friend of Quest, Vivian Krause, who have been threatened with legal action by Quest University.

Anna Lippman served on Quest’s board of governors from 2018 to 2023. She is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at York University. Anna is the only alumna to have ever served on the Quest board.

Since Anna’s term ended in 2023, the Quest board has declined to include an alumni representative. QUCAA has requested representation and has been met with no response.

Vivian Krause has been researching Quest’s financial history for more than 10 years. Vivian discovered that more than 100 acres of Quest endowment land was transferred to the philanthropist credited with making a $100 million gift to Quest.

Vivian alerted both the Quest board and alumni about her concerns which have been found to be highly credible. Her research has been featured in front-page stories by The Globe and Mail and The Vancouver Sun.

QUCAA finds it troubling that the Quest board is choosing to pursue legal action against Anna and Vivian while, to the best of our knowledge, the board is doing nothing of substance to address the outstanding question: Why is Quest’s endowment land now in the hands of its purported benefactor?

Anna and Vivian need a minimum of $10,000 to retain legal counsel. No donation is too small; we are a grassroots community and any level of support is welcomed and helpful. The QUCAA has full confidence in Anna and Vivian’s integrity and intentions to fight for both the future of Quest and our alumni community.

This GoFundMe arises as part of a larger effort to understand Quest’s financial history and take appropriate action. Earlier, more than 200 people from our community raised $30,000. That enabled the Quest University Action Group (QUAG) to begin to understand how the philanthropist who is credited with starting Quest ended up owning Quest endowment land. In March, MLA Jeremy Valeriote raised this in the B.C. Legislature and asked the Attorney General to investigate. Due to the sensitivity of this matter, we are limited to what we can say at this time. We will provide more information as soon as possible. As always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.

Yours truly,

QUCAA Board Members