EUCLID Faculty Profiles

Prof. Charalee Graydon

Professor Charalee Graydon is a Canadian legal scholar, mediator, and climate policy specialist whose academic and professional work spans law, mediation, conflict resolution, and environmental governance. Born in Alberta, Canada, she has built an international career at the intersection of legal education, dispute resolution, and climate action.

Professor Graydon earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Mediation and Conflict Resolution from EUCLID University in 2020. She also holds law degrees from the University of Alberta and the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar after receiving the prestigious scholarship in 1982. Her distinguished academic career has included appointments in England, New Zealand, Canada, and, most recently, at EUCLID University.

A past member of the legal profession in Canada, Professor Graydon practiced law in environmental and commercial areas while also designing and delivering innovative legal education and mediation programs for students, judges, legal professionals, and the broader public. Her expertise encompasses dispute resolution, environmental law, climate governance, and sustainability.

Professor Graydon's scholarship focuses particularly on climate change, environmental conflict resolution, and the role of law, mediation, and emerging technologies in advancing sustainability. She has authored numerous academic articles, policy reports, and books, including Creating a Masterpiece: The Arts and Climate Change Conflict (2021) and Life on Planet Earth: My Story (2021). Her recent publications examine such topics as deep-sea mining regulation, artificial intelligence and climate governance, plastic pollution, environmental dispute resolution through the arts, and international climate law.

📅 Last updated: May 1, 2026

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