Meet Our Team

Archie Stapleton has recently completed a Masters in Theological Studies at Harvard University in September, focussing on Indian Philosophy and Sanskrit, and previously graduated with an Honors degree in Philosophy at the University of British Columbia in 2020. Archie has coached debate for over 7 years, taking students to the break rounds at Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Georgetown, Western Australian Debating League, BC Provincial championships, NSDL China, as well as having students who reached Team Canada. Archie taught Western Philosophy and Debate at the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute in Himachal Pradesh, India. Now, he lives and works in Cambridge Massachusetts as a debate coach and co-founder of MPI.

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Zach recently completed his Masters in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia, where he was the recipient of the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s Award for his research into structuralist mathematical ontology. Zach has specialized in formal logic, the philosophy of mathematics, and metaphysics, but has also studied ethics, epistemology, and political philosophy extensively. For more than five years, Zach has professionally coached debate, earning victories for his students across North America and China. In his free time, Zach enjoys skiing, mountaineering, and reading. 

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