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Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024

Nov 23, 2024 · BP

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The field

Below Average

A smaller or newer tournament. Good for building confidence and getting reps.

64 teams (This edition)

Motions

Canadian Universities Debating Championship 2024 (2024)10 motions
  • Round 1TH, as a new graduate entrepreneur, W build a startup to prioritize capturing venture capital funding as opposed to self-funding and attracting customers naturally
  • Round 2THBT climate activists in small island states threatened by rising sea levels (ex. Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands, Kiribati) should prioritize evacuation measures (ex. advocating for citizens to be granted refugee status in other countries, finding alternative habitats for indigenous species, retaining fishing rights for citizens within national waters) as opposed to adaptation efforts (ex. building sea walls, raising ground levels, advocating in favour of global environmental policy)
  • Round 3THP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project
  • Round 4THBT emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fans
  • Round 5THBT it is in the interest of Canada to advocate for the inclusion of Mexico in any new North American Free Trade Agreement
  • Open QuarterfinalsTHP a world with widespread belief in divine indifference
  • Novice SemifinalsTHR the rise in gentle parenting
  • Open SemifinalsTHR the ubiquity of judicialization in politics
  • Novice FinalsTHW meet the stranger
  • Grand FinalsTHO the norm to prefer innovation over maintenance

What gets set here

Social & Identity30%
Economics20%
Environment10%
Sport10%
International Relations10%
Religion10%

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Practice Social & Identity motions ›Read: Generating arguments

You vs this tournament

What gets set here, next to how you have scored on each category across your own imported rounds.

  • Social & Identity · 30% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Economics · 20% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Environment · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Sport · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • International Relations · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet
  • Religion · 10% of motions hereno rounds on record yet

This week's plan

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Breaking here

25% of teams break

Teams usually guarantee their break on 10 points.

Break on speaks? Average at least 79.4.

Last edition: 16 of 64 teams broke.

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Break categories

This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break10 teams

How scoring works here

75.9 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 73.7 and 78.1.

This is 1.1 points above tournaments of similar calibre.

What finishing high has taken:

Top speaker pace 82.2

Top-10 pace 79.6

Top-20 pace 78.2

Median average speaks at each finishing spot, across 1 edition.

Comparable: Tilburg Open 2026 (75.3), Munich Open 2026 (73.6)

Top speeches

The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.

DebaterSpeechMotionScore
🇨🇦 Theodore S.GWTHP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project84
🇨🇦 Karel B.MGTHP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project84
🇨🇦 Vidit D.MGTHBT emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fans84
🇨🇦 Rhys N.DLOTHP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project83
🇨🇦 Tanvir S.MOTHP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project83
🇨🇦 Rhys N.OWTHBT it is in the interest of Canada to advocate for the inclusion of Mexico in any new North American Free Trade Agreement83
🇨🇦 Reana Y.MGTH, as a new graduate entrepreneur, W build a startup to prioritize capturing venture capital funding as opposed to self-funding and attracting customers naturally83
🇨🇦 Daniel S.GWTHBT emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fans83
🇨🇦 Reana Y.PMTHBT emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fans82
🇨🇦 Annika F.PMTHP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail project82
🇨🇦 Rhys N.DPMTHBT emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fans82
🇨🇦 Vidit D.MOTH, as a new graduate entrepreneur, W build a startup to prioritize capturing venture capital funding as opposed to self-funding and attracting customers naturally82

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