John Valk is a Canadian philosophy scholar [1] [2] and former professor of philosophy at University of New Brunswick. [3] Valk graduated from University of Toronto with a PhD in religious studies. He was professor at University of Brunswick between 2000 and 2022. [3] Valk co-wrote An Islamic Worldview from Turkey: Religion in a Modern, Secular and Democratic State with Halis Albayrak and Mualla Selçuk. [4]