Posted in Media, Qatar 2010 on Mar 26th, 2010
On Wednesday March 24 Team Canada flew to Ottawa to receive congratulations from the Prime Minister for their results in Qatar. The team was also featured on CBC Power Politics and can be seen here.
Posted in Media, Qatar 2010, Uncategorized on Feb 21st, 2010
Today Team Canada beat out Team England in a 8-3 adjudicator decision to become the WORLD SCHOOLS DEBATING CHAMPIONS!!!
A Press Release is available here: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media from the victory is beginning to pour in:
The Globe and Mail (Friday February 19)
The Globe and Mail (Thursday February 18)
The Globe and Mail (Thursday February 18)
The Halifax Chronicle Harold
The [...]
Posted in Qatar 2010 on Feb 17th, 2010
The latest from Qatar – Team Canada has defeated New Zealand 6 to 1 and Singapore on a unanimous decision to make the WSDC finals! They’ll be debating England.
Huge congratulations to the team! I know I’m on the edge of my proverbial seat here in Canada, wishing them luck and waiting for the results.
Detailed results [...]
Posted in Qatar 2010 on Feb 8th, 2010
WSDC 2010 has launched a Youtube Channel for the tournament. You can check it out here.
Posted in Qatar 2010 on Feb 6th, 2010
I am confident that we are the only nine teenagers in Canada who woke up early today and debated the merits of military intervention in Somalia. Iqbal, Keenan, and Jonny took on a makeshift “Team Bangladesh” consisting of Vinayak, Sophie, and me. In between my classic rock references (“We would not be Africa’s ‘Beast of [...]
Posted in Qatar 2010, Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
I apologize for Iqbal’s colour blindness. The skies here are a Torontonian grey, while the skies in Qatar are a brilliant azure. Iqbal sees them all as green.
Posted in Qatar 2010 on Jan 6th, 2010
The motions for the World Schools Debating Championships in Qatar this February have been released.
The Preliminary rounds topics are:
That we should support military intervention in Somalia.
That every country should have the right to possess nuclear weapons.
That doctors should report evidence of marital abuse to the police.
That terrorist suspects should have the right to a trial [...]