Here is what some of our graduates are doing
![VIU Philosophy Major Graduate, Jaden Welsh](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_cropped/public/viu-philosophy-graduate-jaden-welsh.jpg?itok=hEfnWzH6)
Jaden Welsh
- Graduated from VIU in 2021, valedictorian for Social Sciences
- Lead language technician for Stz’uminus First Nation, revitalizing the hul’q’umi’num’ language
- Starting MA in Indigenous theology in January of 2023
![Tyeson Davies Barton](/sites/default/files/resize/styles/panopoly_image_quarter/public/tyeson-db_2-210x191.jpg?itok=PmZ4sCiQ)
Tyeson Davies Barton
- Graduated from VIU in 2019 (honours program)
- Graduated from Western in 2020 with MA in philosophy
- Completing PhD in philosophy at UBC
![VIU Psychology Grad, Michael Caditz VIU Psychology Grad, Michael Caditz](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_cropped/public/viu-psychology-grad-michael-caditz.jpg?itok=Wg3DVTZQ)
Michael Caditz
- Graduated from VIU in 2017 (honours program)
- Graduated with an MS in Energy Management from NYIT, Vancouver, 2018
- Founder of Third Transition Media
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Babak Zargarian
- Graduated from VIU in 2013
- Graduated from UBC Law School in 2016
- Criminal defence lawyer
- Established Zargarian Litigation (featured as a "ThreeBestRated" criminal defence firm in Nanaimo)
![VIU Philosophy Graduate Allen Peabody VIU Philosophy Graduate Allen Peabody](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_cropped/public/migrated_files/sites_to_migrate/philosophy/images/allen-peabody.jpg?itok=BscZCL3F)
Allen Peabody
- Graduated from VIU in 2012
- Manager of London Drugs in Duncan
- Graduated from UVic Law School in 2020
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Nico Lohmann
- Graduated from VIU in 2011
- Graduated from UVic Law School
- Legislative Analyst at the Ministry of Advance Education, Skills and Training
![Laura Marino Rugeles Laura Marino Rugeles](/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_cropped/public/laura-marino-rugeles.jpg?itok=1dIXgMxM)
Laura Marino Rugeles
- Graduated from VIU in 2010
- English Instructor at Universidad Industrial de Santander (Colombia)
- Publications: What Is Justice? An Investigation of Leo Strauss’s Natural Right Proposition (The Agora, 2010; Winner of the Kendall North Award)
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Evan Westre
- Graduated from VIU in 2010
- Completed an MA in philosophy at UVic
- Thesis: Reexamining the Problem of Demarcating Science and Pseudoscience
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Patricia Chisholm
- Graduated from VIU in 2008 with a BA
- Graduated from VIU in 2009 with a BScN
- Completed an MScN at Trinity Western University in 2017
- Medication Safety Consultant for Island Health