The future of the Grad Club is in the hands of potential donors.
On March 12 the Grad Club launched its “Save Our Club” fundraising initiative to fundraise $100,000 to ensure its doors remain open for community members. The call for support extends to a wide audience of faculty, students, and Kingstonians who have been impacted by the Grad Club over the years.
The emergency fund is needed to cover the costs of the aging building—which requires significant infrastructure upgrades—the repayment of Canada Emergency Business Accounts (CEBA) loans granted during the pandemic, and a 400 per cent increase in rent implemented by the University over the next five years, the press release read.
According to the University, the operating costs and building investments have consistently surpassed rental income from the Grad Club. Since 2017, close to $650,000 has been spent on repairs and maintenance, the University said in a statement to The Journal.
Stephen Lougheed, professor of biology and environmental studies at Queen’s University, said the Grad Club had been an integral part of his three-decade-long teaching career at Queen’s University, in a press release.
The press release emphasized that over the years, the Grad Club hosted a diverse range of artists including Neko Case, Death From Above 1979, The Tragically Hip, Sarah Harmer, and numerous other Canadian acts from across the country
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