Canadian Studies is proud to announce that former Hildebrand Fellow Caylee Hong has been appointed an assistant professor at the University of Alberta's Faculty of Law, effective July 1, 2025.
Caylee is a PhD candidate in socio-cultural anthropology. Her dissertation explores the long-term impacts of urban oil operations. The Canadian Studies Program funded her to travel to Alberta and British Columbia in 2021, to conduct research on abandoned oil wells. Her research on the afterlives of "orphan" wells received the 2024 Graduate Student Paper Prize from Berkeley's Center for the Study of Law and Society.
Caylee holds an LLM from the SOAS University of London, an LLB and BCL from McGill University, and a BA from University College Utrecht. She previously clerked for the Federal Court of Canada, and worked as an attorney in New York. Please join us in congratulation Caylee on her new position!