Our Graduates from the Philosophy Major Program

Here is what some of our graduates are doing

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

• Graduated from VIU in 2019 (honours program)
• Graduated from Western in 2020 with MA in philosophy
• Completing PhD in philosophy at UBC

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

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)

Allen Peabody

• Graduated from VIU in 2012
• Manager of London Drugs in Duncan
• Graduated from UVic Law School in 2020

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

• 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)

Evan Westre

• Graduated from VIU in 2010
• Completed an MA in philosophy at UVic
• Thesis: Reexamining the Problem of Demarcating Science and Pseudoscience

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