Team Canada Debate

Team Canada Congratulated by PM Harper

admin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:09:10 +0000

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.

Team Canada = WORLD DEBATING CHAMPIONS

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:19:46 +0000

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:

iqbal — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:27:32 +0000

Okay so, Im having a serious writers block; there just doesn’t seem to be any word, phrase, or description that can accurately explain how we all feel. But here goes anyway. Its been a long 3 weeks, and we’ve been fortunate to have spent it in one of the most beautiful countries in the world. The caliber of the tournament was outstanding and it made history in a variety of ways, including being the largest ever WSDC with almost 60 teams. Its hard to believe that this all started 14 months ago at the selection tournament in Calgary; to be honest it seems like it was ages ago. I guess what im trying to say is that these last 3 weeks have been a bizarre mix of both the most rewarding, stressful, difficult, and enjoyable experience of my life. But this was more than just 5 kids walking in and debating teams of 5 other kids from around the world; we were coached, we were trained, we were streamlined into the finely tuned intellectual machines that we showed the world we could be. And for that, our world-champion coach Ms Lee deserves our undying gratitude; thank you to her for coaching us and believing in us through both the good times and the bad, for keeping us focused on what we all wanted most.

Anyway, thats all I have for now. Thank you to everyone who read our blog and followed our journey to gold. Thank you for all the encouraging words; thank you to our parents, siblings, and friends.

Yours truly,

Kassem

Team Canada in the FINALS!

mccsteve — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:33:06 +0000

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 and motions at the WSDC blog. I’m sure the debaters will update us with their experiences as well, so check back!

GO CANADA GO!

After the Octo…

iqbal — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:27:12 +0000

Hey folks,

Im going to spare you the suspense and just give you the results. After a very tough and hard fought debate by both teams on the motion THBT there should be no law restricting freedom of speech. We drew opposition, and the Irish were excellent. In the end, We took the round by a margin of 4-1. Yay for us!! The journey continues- we intend to bring everything we have against New Zealand tomorrow. For your listening pleasure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h88KQZC_Z6k

Laters,

Kassem