Caylan Ford, founder of the Alberta Classical Academy, stands beside a replica of The Death of Socrates painting at the Calgary Currie campus on June 6, 2025. Carolina Avendano/The Epoch Times
Commentary
In March 2019, Caylan Ford was considered a star candidate for the United Conservative Party in Alberta as the NDP government under Rachel Notley called a general election. Despite her young age, Ford had a formidable resumé, including a master’s degree from Oxford University and a record of employment with the Canadian foreign ministry as an international affairs specialist. As a young, accomplished woman, she tempered the list of UCP candidates, which was predominantly conservative men.
