Year	Male Recipient	Female Recipient
2022	Joshua Himmens (AB)	Emily Cheng (ON)
2021	Krish Kodali (NS)	Noor Ansarian (MB)
2020	William Li (AB)	Emily Wei (NS)
2019	Seleem Badawy (AB)	Alishba Irfan (BC)
2018	Ben Platham (AB)	Amina Sanogo (ON)
2017	Camilo Andres Cortes (AB)	Nathalie Harb (ON)
2016	Faris Kapra (NS)	Morganne LaSalle (ON)
2015	Jack de Gooyer (NS)	Chandler Guzman (BC)
2014	Joel Morin (SK)	Heba Eid (ON)
2013	Hamish Wright (NB)	Sabina BeleuzNeagu (ON)
2012	Ben Peterson (NB)	Hana Amer (NS)
2011	Jonathon Gerstein (MB)	Alana Robert (MB)
2009	Keenan MacNeal (AB)	Raffie Rosenberg (MB)
2008	Frankie Cena (BC)	Patricia Johnson-Castle (NL)
2007 Fall	Quiller Sharratt (PEI)	Helenaz Hajifattahi (BC)
2007 Spring	Mike Renaud (ON)	Victoria Smith (NL)
2006	Josh Sealey (AB)	Michelle Lang (SK)
2005	Matthew Atwood (AB)	Jennifer Wang (SK)
2004	Sean Roberts (ON)	Omayra Issa Abdoulaye (SK)
2003	Colin Heffernan (NL)	Alex Lithwick (QC)
2002	Anthony Gamache (QC)	Bonnie Lo (BC)
2001	Francois LeMoine (ON)	Joanna Langille (NS)
2000	Adam Conter (NS)	Nina Singh (AB)
1999	Bill Wood (NS)	Laura Lussier (MB)
1998	Jean Bruno Villaneuve (QC)	Justine Pearl (QC)
1997	Chuck Demers (BC)	Cynthia Nazarian (ON)
1996		Michele Charles (SK)
1995	Lloyd Boison  (SK)
1994	Brian Barnett (NB)	Dea Lloyd (BC)
1992	Blair McDaid (SK)
1991	Nick Whalen (NL)	Susan Johnson (NS)
1990	Michael Echenberg (QC)	Tricia McDaid (SK)
1989	Adam Feldman (QC)	Lynne Echenberg (QC)
1977	Harold Porter (NL)

Weedon Trophy

Presented to the top debater in the English category. The Weedon Award, first presented in 1970, was named after Basil Weedon, one of several parents at Trinity College School who was responsible for the creation of the National Seminar.

Year	Recipient	Province
2022	Afrukhta Siddique	SK
2021	Sky Williams	ON
2020	William Li	AB
2019	Sandy Hiltz	NS
2018	Ben Plathan	AB
2017	Andrei Comlosan-Pop	ON
2016	Anna Mouland	AB
2015	Adam Miller	BC
2014	Kenneth Carmichael	NS
2013	Alexander Beaumont	BC
2012	Jyotish Khanna	BC
2011	Jason Lamb	AB
2009	Keenan MacNeal	AB
2008	Jonny Carson	BC
2007 Fall	Sean Barron	AB
2007 Spring	Catherine Metrycki	MB
2006	Sean Stefanik	ON
2005	Kevin Hovdestad	SK
2004	Sheldon McCormick	NS
2003	Adam Goldenberg	BC
2002	Alim Merali	AB
2001	Matthew Cimone	ON
2000	Nina Singh	AB
1999	Kris Ade	MB
1998	Mathias Warnes	ON
1997	Misha Auerbach-Zlogas	QC
1996	Daniela Follegot	ON
1995	Steve Sottile	ON
1994	Alice MacLachlin	NS
1993	Abdul Malik	ON
1992	Lynda Duncan	BC
1991	Matthew Cohen	NS
1990	Ardavan Taherzaden	BC
1989	Anshu Prasad	SK
1988	Sandi Rein	AB
1987	E. Stephen Johnson	ON
1986	Sanjay Acharya	NL
1985	Michael Raynor	ON
1984	Karim Rajani	BC
1983	Stuart Olley	ON
1982	Norman Leach	SK
1981	Zool Suleman	BC
1980	Kerry Burns	NS
1979	Michael Hamelin	QC
1978	Anthony Cimolino	ON
1977	Michael Coyle	ON
1977	Hemmie Chang	ON
1976	Scott Cooper	ON
1975	Rolf Woolner	NS
1974	Peter Mancini	NS
1973	John Picone	ON
1972	Anthony Graham	QC
1971	Michael Sabia	ON
1970	Susan Cole	ON

Governor-General’s Award

Presented to the top debater in the French category. The Governor General’s Award is named in recognition of the continuing support by the Governor General of Canada, honorary patron of the Canadian Student Debating Federation, until 2021.

Year	Recipient	Province
2022	Benjamin Daoust	QC
2021	David-Alexandre Bergeron	QC
2020	Mia Liu	BC
2019	Janie Moyen	SK
2018	Laurie-Anne Vifori	QC
2017	Camille Pelet	SK
2016	Woojin Lim	BC
2015	Anna Saint	BC
2014	Anthony Bourdon	QC
2013	Nathaniel Jenkins	NS
2011	Christopher Cayen-Cyr	QC
2009	Andrea Morgan	AB
2008	Andree Anne Quimper	QC
2007 Fall	Adil Harroud	QC
2007 Spring	Paul Lee Marc Antoine Bernier	BC QC
2006	Amanda Boxhill	ON
2005	Caroline Boulos	ON
2004	Brian Peebles	ON
2003	Jean Christophe Martel	ON
2002	Philippe Boisvert	ON
2001	Francois LeMoine	QC
2000	Caroline Nolet	QC
1999	Carlo Munos	QC
1998	Claude Levesque	ON
1997	Christian Milembamane	ON
1996	Erica Germain	NB
1995	Olga Kirschbaum	ON
1994	Stephane Mahlherba	ON
1993	Christine Holke	ON
1990	Alexis Renard	ON
1988	Marie Abele	NL
1987	Chemir Mamodchossen	ON
1986	Stephanie Monteith	ON
1984	Chantal Jauvin	ON
1983	Lucille Lacelle	ON
1981	Marcel Proulx	QC

Chief Justice of Canada Award

Presented to the top debater in the bilingual category. The Chief Justice’s Award was named with permission from the Right Honourable Chief Justice of Canada.

Year	Recipient	Province
2022	Zohal Aryn-Ciyear	BC
2021	Melanie Chapman	AB
2020	Jenny Wang	AB
2019	Cheryl Chen	BC
2018	Mollie Wheller	MB
2017	Cecilia White	NS
2016	Chan-Min Roh	SK
2015	Lisa Begunova	ON
2014	Zakir Kassam	BC
2013	Jocelyn Heaton	AB
2012	Jasmyne Kassam	BC
2011	Anna Karina Kvasnikova	BC
2009	Matthew Scott	AB
2008	Rupen Shaw	BC
2007 Fall	Zamyla Chan	BC
2007 Spring	Lujia Lin	ON
2006	Caitlin Williscroft	AB
2005	Anisah Hassan	ON
2004	Greta Levy	ON
2003	Andrew McReynolds	ON
2002	Christine Mikolajuk	ON
2001	Ali Dewji	ON
2000	Simon Kubski	ON
1998	Juda Stawczynsk	ON
1997	Cynthia Nazarian	ON
1996	Brendon Brammall	BC
1994	Sean Moreman	QC
1993	Susan Precious	NS
1991	Kristina Schneider	ON
1990	Ted Sargent	ON
1988	Ken McMillan	ON
1987	Paul Mayer	ON
1986	David Palmer	ON
1984	Oksanna Zanft	ON
1983	Stephan Mondoloni	QC

Founder’s Cup

Presented to the top debater from each CSDF Member.

Year	Province	Recipient
2022	AB	Vanessa Chapman
	BC	Zohal Aryn-Ciyear
	MB	Eleni Ginakes
	NB	Shivani Shukla
	NL	Tanish Bhatt
	NS	Riley Boyd
	NT	Teresa Martin
	ON	Aubrie Chan
	PE	*** Hurricane Fiona prevented PEI Students from Participating in the Debate Tournament.
	QC – ADDEQ	Juliette  Allard & Benjamin Daoust
	QC – QSDA	Eva Fahmy
	SK	Afrukhta Siddique
2021	AB	Melanie Chapman
	BC	Zeanne Madda
	MB	Anika Enns
	NB	Richard Su
	NL	Chloe Murray
	NS	Abbie MacEachern
	NT	Teresa Martin
	ON	Sky Williams
	PE	Katie Gaudet
	QC – ADDEQ	David-Alexandre Bergeron
	QC – QSDA	Adolfo de Motta Molina
	SK	Simrah Iqbal & Stephen Daniels-White
2020	AB	William Li
	BC	Ashley Wong
	MB	Zelal Emre
	NB	Lily van Beek
	NL	Elizaveta Konstantinova
	NS	Briley Hillyard
	NT	Grayson Groenewegen
	ON	Hao Ni
	PE	Meghan Runge
	QC – ADDEQ	Louanne Guay
	QC – QSDA	Charles Seitz
	SK	Sahasro Bhowmik & Nada Emara
2019	AB	Ghuntas Auklakh
	BC	Cheryl Chen
	MB	Shanaya McMillian
	NB	Dhanishta Ambwani
	NL	Anais Lewis
	NS	Sandy Hiltz
	NWT	Victoria Tweedie-Pitre
	ON	Randy Chang
	PEI	Brandon MacKinnon
	QC – ADDEQ	Nathan Desjardins
	SK	Janie Moyen
2018	AB	Ben Plathan
	BC	Abnash Bassi
	MB	Mollie Wheeler
	NB	Abigail Jamieson
	NL	Jessica Casey
	NS	Nora McLennan
	NWT	Reegan Jungkind
	ON	Kathleena Henricus
	PEI	Isabella Tatlock
	QC – ADDEQ	Joey Provost
	SK	Michael Orthner
2017	AB	Camlio Andres Cortes
	BC	Cole Diepold
	MB	Lise Conner
	NB	Kennedy McGeachy
	NL	Peter Noel
	NS	Cecilia White
	NWT	Tamara Chisholm
	ON	Andrei Comlosan-Pop
	PEI	Katylyn Bryenton
	QC – ADDEQ	Mathis Malenfant
	QC – QSDA	Max Schiller
	SK	Camille Pelet
	YK	Gunther Stewart
2016	AB	Anna Mouland
	BC	Woojin Lim
	MB	Ellie Thorlakson
	NB	Nicholas Jeffrey
	NL	Benjamin Pollard
	NS	Skylah Van Wagooner
	ON	Evan Kanter
	QSDA	Andrew Vandenbussche
	ADDEQ	Marc-Oliver Neveu
	SK	Chan-Min Roh
2015	AB	Hong Jun Kim
	BC	Adam Miller
	MB	Gilon Lazar
	NB	Roxane Fruytier
	NL	Grace Turner
	NS	Jack deGooyer
	NWT	Tyler Bennett
	ON	Phillip Cadieux
	PEI	Michael Trotter
	QSDA	Emma Cassarotto
	ADDEQ	Simon-Oliver Savard
	SK	Aden Tournier
2014	AB	Rebecca Hicks
	BC	David Weaver
	MB	Laia Shpeller
	NB	Stephen Harvey
	NL	Iam Browne
	NS	Kenneth Carmichael
	ON	Safiya Rajwani
	QC	Anthony Bourdon
	SK	Joel Morin
2013	AB	Jocelyn Heaton
	BC	Alexander Beaumont
	MB	Alexandra Degen
	NB	Hamish Wright
	NL	Neria Aylward
	NS	Nathaniel Jenkins
	NT	Hailey Verbonac
	ON	Anthony Zhong
	QC	Charlie Lanthier
	SK	Rahul Parekh
2012	AB	Conrad Lowe
	BC	Jyotish Khanna
	MB	Benjamin Liu
	NB	Aidan Ingalls
	NS	Garret van de Weil
	ON	Logan Ye
	QC	Philip Dubrofsky
	SK	Emily Jackson
2011	AB	Jason Lamb
	BC	Anna Karina Kvasnikova
	MB	Anthony Wightman
	NB	Andrew Johnston
	NL	Laura O’Neill
	NS	Evan Taylor
	NT	Greg Hanna
	ON	Thomas Lordello
	PEI	Emily Ross
	QC	Cristopher Cayen-Cyr
	SK	Kehan Fu
2009	AB	Keenan MacNeal
	ADDEQ	Cindy Tremblay
	BC	Iqbal Kassam
	MB	Katharyn Burczynski
	NB	Dmitri Makrides
	NS	Mathiew Blouin
	NT	Desiree Boulanger-Rowe
	ON	Karishma Manji
	SK	Brandyn Rodgerson
2008	AB	Aidan Paul
	ADDEQ	Andree Anne Quimper
	BC	Jonny Carson
	MB	Ariana Myers
	NB	Fenton Corey
	NL	Nathan Whalen
	NS	Allison Goshen
	NT	Daniel Perron
	ON	Elizabeth Watson
	QSDA	Mark Wilson
	SK	Kerollos Wanis
2007 Fall	AB	Sean Barron
	ADDEQ	Adil Harroud
	BC	Amy Higgins
	MB	Jonathan Ripstein
	NB	Bliss White
	NL	Jonny Lomond
	NS	Andrew Morrison
	NU	Teal Krueger
	ON	Sarah Balakrishnan
	PEI	Terri McGarry
	QSDA	Ariel Shapiro
	SK	Shayleen Isaac
2007 Spring	AB	Katerina Genuis
	ADDEQ	Marc Antoine Bernier
	BC	Sean Husband
	MB	Catherine Metrycki
	NL	Kirsten Morry
	NS	Deirdre Casey
	NV	Emma Kreuger
	ON	Alexandra Aliferis
	QSDA	David McLeod
	SK	Caroline Ness
2006	AB	Josh Sealey
	ADDEQ	Rosita Taneva
	BC	Shakir Rahim
	BC	Wesley Hopkin
	MB	Cara Katz
	NB	Mathieu Nini
	NL	Sam Greene
	NS	Auyon Siddiq
	ON	Sean Stefanik
	QSDA	Michael Stepner
	SK	Dylan Hardy
2005	AB	Amy Marlene Robichaud
	ADDEQ	Corina Parachiv
	BC	Nicholas Chesterly, Namrata Jhamb
	MB	Geeta Chopra
	NB	Jonathan Lane
	NL	Chris Bruce
	NS	Gavin Charles
	ON	Anisah Hassan
	QSDA	David Rudin
	SK	Kevin Hovdestad
2004	AB	Maria Chen
	ADDEQ	Jeannie Chen
	BC	Andrew Rusk
	MB	Matt McMillan
	NB	Brittany Trafford
	NL	Shree Ziradkar
	NS	Sheldon McCormick
	ON	Christine Wadsworth
	QSDA	Ryan Abrams
	SK	Vinay Kumar Mysore
2003	AB	Kieran Ryan
	BC	Adam Goldenberg
	MB	Lauren Seaman
	NB	Amanda Cavanaugh
	NL	Colin Heffernan
	NS	Neesha Rao
	ON	Jean Christophe Martel
	QC	Kimia Saleh
	SK	Adam Zelmer
2002	AB	Alim Merali
	BC	Karl Segnoe
	MB	Natalie Bison
	NB	Ern Schwenger
	NL	Aaron Rudkin
	NS	Andrei Dezsi
	ON	Philippe Boisvert
	QC	Bathy Wong
	SK	Brooklyn Andre
2001	AB	Adam Westra
	BC	Megan Wilcox
	MB	B.J. Leipsic
	NB	Daniel Smith
	NL	Tim Kelly
	NS	Joanna Langille
	NT	Amanda Johns
	ON	Ali Dewji
	QC	Naomi Huck-Ananou
	SK	Janique Dubois
2000	AB	Nina Singh
	BC	Alex Thomson
	MB	Elliot Tapper
	NB	Adam Campbell
	NL	Mark A. Russell
	NS	Rory Gillis
	NT	Tracy Davison
	ON	Sabrina Bandali
	QC	Caroline Nolet
	SK	Vasuda Sinha
1999	AB	Jennifer Lee
	BC	David Sanderson
	MB	Kris Ade
	NB	Cameron Goodfellow
	NL	Bradley Clark
	NS	Bill Wood
	ON	Jay Nathwani
	QC	Carlos Munos
	SK	Chris Terleski
1998	AB	Bobby Hegdari
	BC	Greg Allen
	MB	Jason Quinton
	NL	John Whelan
	NS	Maya Hamou
	ON	Judah Strawozynski
	QC	Sara Kaufman
	SK	Jeff Long
	YT	Jamie Furniss
1997	AB	Ben Perrin
	BC	Keir Wilmut
	MB	Michael Kives
	NB	Jeff Quingnard
	NL	Jeff Conway
	NS	Alpna Munshi
	ON	Christian Milembamane
	QC	Mischna Auarbach-Ziogas
	SK	Anik Marcotte
1996	AB	Jennifer McGetruck
	BC	Joshua Karter
	MB	Kim Bjorklund
	NB	Erica Germain
	NL	Marc Field
	NS	Michelle Williams
	ON	Daniela Follegot
	QC	Shanaz Sony
	SK	Alan Ohicoine
1995	AB	Ranjan Agarwal
	BC	Jessica Dowling
	MB	Jillian Leckie
	NB	Eman Loubani
	NL	Ron Fitzpatrick
	NS	Margaret Langley
	ON	Steve Sottile
	QC	Sean Quin
	SK	Ryan Pierce
1994	AB	Tariq Remtulla
	BC	Kristie Hudson
	MB	Paul Grower
	NB	Brian Barnett
	NL	Rachel Guy
	NS	Alice MacLachln
	ON	Stephanie Malherbe
	QC	Brad White
	SK	Corey Henry
	YT	William Purves
1993	AB	Jason McKen
	BC	Jeffrey Lau
	MB	Farah Salim
	NB	Darren Thompson/Krista McLoed
	NL	Cheryl Mullet
	NS	Susan Precious
	ON	Abdul Malik
	PEI	David Saunders
	QC	Jared Nagley
	SK	Shauna Saunders
	YT	Brad Randall
1992	AB	Trevor Lynn
	BC	Lynda Duncan
	MB	Grace Ohow
	NB	Mark Ohandra
	NL	Ritcha Gupta
	NS	Michael Yoon
	ON	Adrien Lingaya
	PEI	Angela St. John
	QC	Jessica Freihait
	SK	Kylie Head
	YT	Owen Williams
1991	AB	Marrianne Kulka
	BC	Mitra Sharafi
	MB	David Gratzer
	NB	Jason Moffit
	NS	Matthew Oohen
	NT	Lars Lugten
	ON	Kristina Schneider
	QC	Emmanual Dingemans
	SK	Stephania Luciuk
	YT	Mathew Whelan
1990	AB	Michelle Hof
	BC	Ardaven Taherzadeh
	MB	Chris Boyoe
	NB	Andrew Scott
	NL	Mark Murphy
	NS	Lisa Jategaonkar
	NT	Eileen Hendry
	ON	Alexis Renard
	QC	David Price
	SK	Sherry Van Hestern
	YT	Quentin Kluthe
1989	AB	David Campbell
	BC	Erin Lemon
	NB	Bao Tang
	NL	Bob Mason
	NS	Ben Vitalie
	NT	Scott Johnson
	ON	Veronique Dumas
	QC	Raji Loutfi
	SK	Anshu Prasad
	YT	Tage Lindberg
1988	AB	Sandi Rein
	BC	Abeed Jamal
	MB	Dale Naly
	NB	Andrew Green
	NB	Chris Connor
	NL	Marie Abele
	NS	Mausami Banerjee
	NT	Marie Doyle
	QC	Justin Vineberg
	SK	Craig McTaggart
	YT	Chad Sekulich

Speaker’s Citation

Presented to the top Parliamentarians, as determined by a vote of the adult supervisors after Model Parliament. Some Seminars have not run a Model Parliament.

Year	Recipients	Province
2022	Riley Boyd (En) Aubrie Chan (Fr) Kushi Saini (Bi)	NS ON AB
2021	Nicholas Hume (En) Maël Bacon (Fr) Charlotte Di Paolo (Bi)	NB QC QC
2020	No Model Parliament
2019	Sandy Hiltz (En) Orphée Dubé-Gervais (Fr)	NS QC
2018	Abnash Bassi (En) Kaiden Crowell (Fr)	BC NS
2017	Camilio Andres Cortes (En) Cecilia White (Fr)	AB NS
2016	Muhammad Ahmed (En) Marc-Oliver Neveu (Fr)	SK QC
2015	Chandler Guzman (En) Roxane Fruytier (Fr)	BC NB
2014	David Weaver (En) Heba Eid (Fr)	BC ON
2013	Alexander Beaumont (En) Jean-François Tessier (Fr)	BC QC
2012	Raunak Gera	ON
2008	Jonny Carson (En) Jamal Hamedeh (Fr)	BC QC
2007 Fall	Wassim Aboutanos (Fr) Sean Barron (En)	QC AB
2007 Spring	Michelle Anderson (En) Kelly Molnar (Fr)	SK SK
2006	Josh Sealey (En) Jessica Vaskelis (Fr)	AB QC
2005	Yannick Veilleux-LePage (Fr) Amy Marlene Robichaud (En)	ON AB
2004	John Carpenter (En) Omayra Issa Abdoulaye (Fr)	ON SK
2003	Nicola Langille	NS
2001	Kevin Keystone (En) Naomi Huck-Ananou (Fr)	ON QC
2000	Adam Conter (En) Philip Brock (Fr)	NS ON
1999	Jay Nathwani David Sanderson Joel David Dalibard	ON BC ON
1998	Michel Shamy Suzanne Gagnon	QC
1997	Gary Haran (Fr) Ben Perrin (En)	NS AB
1996	Marc Field	NL
1995	Ken Johnston	NL
1994	Brian Barnett	NB
1993	Trudi Miller	NS
1992	Cedric De Leon	ON
1991	Stephania Luciuk	SK
1990	Jennifer Harnum	NS
1989	Lynn Echenberg	QC
1988	Peter Carayiannis	ON
1987	Chip Johnston	AB
1986	Tim Footman	ON
1985	Trevor Shaw	ON
1984	Matthew McNair & Karim Rajani	BC

Effective Speaking Award

Presented to the top speaker in a speaking competition. Some Seminars have had noncompetitive speaking activities rather than a competition.

We no longer have this competition at the National Seminar!

Year	English	French	Bilingual
2007 Spring	Emily Cooley (AB)	Raphael Guevin Nicoloff (ON)	David McLeod (QC)
2005	Matthew Atwood  (AB)	Laurence Mathurin (QC)	Michael Portner-Gartke (ON)
2004	Graeme Lamb (ON)	Greta Levy (ON)	Robert Embree (ON)
2003	Adam Goldenberg (BC)	Catherine Dupont Thibodeau	Dominique Huriet (SK)
2002	Michael Sabel (ON)	Simon Blais (QC)	Lucas Wood (ON)
2001	Kevin Keystone (ON)	Celeste Godin (NS)	Ali Dewji (ON)
2000	Natarie Bootsma (BC)	Philip Brock (ON)	Anthony Dobrzensky (BC)
1999	Matt Sudak (AB)	Valerie Intraligi (ON)	Andrea Drager (AB)
1998	Erin Weir (SK)	Justine Pearl (QC)	Sarika Anano (BC)
1997	Jeff Conway (NL)	Pierre Alexandre Filion (ON)	Andrea Watts (MB)
1996	Daniela Follegot (ON)	Malgorzata Kaminska (ON)	Anjali Mishra (ON)
1995	Ron Fitzpatrick (NL)	Elizabeth Sharp (NB)	Scott Wilson (MB)
1994	Sacha Thacker (ON)	Kerry Benzakein (QC)	Sean Moreman (QC)
1993	Doug Nathanson (ON)	Christine Holke (ON)	Nathalie Sommer (QC)
1992	Andrew Nowak	Noah Gurza	Christina Morris
1991	Jody MacLaskill (ON)	Steve Bellemere (ON)	Julie Labbe (ON)
1990	Sunil Simha (MB)	Genevieve Cote (NB)	Jennifer Hall (NL)