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North American Universities' Debating Championships 2026
Mar 6, 2026 · BP
Part of the North American Universities Debating Championship (NAUDC) series →
Motions from this series
NAUDC 2026 (2026)11 motions
- Round 1This house prefers photography* to literature as an artistic medium for evoking the sublime. *non-video
- Round 2This house believes that the United States’ capture of Nicolás Maduro is in the interests of the Colombian people.
- Round 3This house believes that animal advocates should encourage people to eat more meat from mammals (e.g., beef and pork) and fewer products from other animals (e.g., fish and chicken).
- Round 4This house believes that the prominence of sports in American colleges and universities does more harm than good.
- Round 5This house believes that it is in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party to significantly loosen restrictions on short selling.
- Round 6This house predicts that most members of Generation Z in the West will never be in long-standing relationships.
- Round 7This house prefers households in the United States to consume less and save more, in line with other advanced economies.
- QuarterfinalsThis house believes that the Sunni doctrine of Ikhtilaf (permissible disagreement) has done more harm than good to Muslims.
- SemifinalsThis house believes that breaking up large American technology companies would reduce overall existential risk from artificial intelligence.
- FinalsThis house prefers the property view of romantic love to the relationship view of romantic love.
- Novice FinalsThis house prefers plot-driven musicals to melodic-driven musicals.
NAUDC 2025 (2025)12 motions
- Round 1This House Regrets the narrative that people should not date within their own friend groups
- Round 2This House believes that a US healthcare system with predominantly temporary nursing is preferable to one with predominantly permanent nursing.
- Round 3This House Prefers the franchise system to the separate league system when establishing women's sports teams and leagues.
- Round 4This House Believes That it is in the interests of commercial banks to aggressively pursue expansion at this time
- Round 5This House Believes That social movements should strongly promote dual-purpose organizing
- Round 6This House Supports the rise of China as an alternative to the US on the world stage
- Round 7This House Believes That all governments should implement Budget Responsibility Offices
- QuarterfinalsThis House opposes the narrative that professionals in client-facing industries (e.g. law, consulting) should be emotionally detached from their work.
- SemifinalsThis House supports Nordic militarization.
- Grand FinalThis House Believes That transgender rights advocates should prioritize fighting for the legal recognition and protection of trans identity (e.g. ability to legally change gender marker/name, antidiscrimination protections) over access to gender affirming care (e.g. hormone therapy, counseling, top/bottom surgery, voice therapy)
- Novice SemifinalsThis House prefers a world with the existence of the midnight library.
- Novice FinalsThis House supports a rise in religious following in Western Liberal Democracies.
NAUDC 2024 (2024)14 motions
- Round 1THS educational flexibility at schools.
- Round 2THBT the Mexican feminist movement should advocate for the creation of antimonuments, as opposed to the creation of 'positive monuments'.
- Round 3In legal proceedings, THBT 'support of a terrorist organization' should be expanded (beyond acts like recruiting, propaganda, weapons supply, etc.) to include traditionally feminine tasks, including domestic labor, educating recruits, and bringing up children in the ideology.
- Round 4THBT Christian Leaders should prioritize the humanistic vision of Christ over the divine vision of Christ.
- Round 5THS Canada's ban on foreign ownership of residential housing.
- Round 6THBT cleantech and climate tech investors should prioritize investing in green startups in developing nations over those in developed nations
- Round 7THS the narrative that individuals should have a strong locus of control.
- Round 8TH, as the BJP, would have India join the RCEP.
- Round 9THBT the US government should create courts that cede the authority to prosecute criminal trials involving Hispanic/Latinx Americans (either as victims or perpetrators) to related minority interest groups (ex: Latin American Association).
- QuarterfinalsTHS the increased presence of Gulf countries in Africa.
- SemifinalsTHS the use of Milei’s neoliberal economic policies in Argentina.
- Grand FinalTHBT Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) government has done more harm than good.
- ESL FinalsTHP technocratic regimes* over the current democracies in Latin America *a nondemocratic regime governed by technical experts
- Novice FinalsTHBT it is in the best interest of the US to carry out military operations against drug cartels in Mexican territory.
NAUDC 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THBT the progressive movement should integrate post-work ideology into its messaging.
- Round 2THBT the continued adoption of the guerrilla policy style is not in the long term interests of the CCP
- Round 3THP a world in which "Ask Culture" is the norm to one in which "Guess Culture" is the norm.
- Round 4THP a world with the dominant belief that people can transition to different religious identities throughout their lifetime
- Round 5 (Closed)THR the rise of student political wings of major political parties in developing countries
- Round 6THB the US and Canada should ban Mandatory Binding Arbitration.
- QuarterfinalsTHP a world where art is submitted to and displayed in museums and galleries anonymously forever
- SemifinalsTHBT the IMF should lend significant amounts of money to countries heavily indebted to China with the requirement that these countries default on all Chinese loans.
- Grand FinalTHO New Optimism
- Novice SemifinalsTHS a government madated halt of giant AI experiments
- Novice FinalsTHP a world with community based, democratically run social media instead of company run social media
McGill NAUDC 2021 (2022)10 motionsCA: Yarn S., 🇺🇸 Gwen S., 🇺🇸 Sam H., 🇺🇸 Aditya D., 🇨🇦 Ruth S.
- Round 1THBT the ubiquity of dating apps has done more harm than good.
- Round 2THBT the South Korean government should break up chaebols.
- Round 3THP a world in which humanity chooses voluntary human extinction over a world where humanity chooses continued existence.
- Round 4TH, as the Catholic Church, would actively fund liberation theology in Latin America
- Round 5THBT using loan conditions and defaults to achieve political goals is bad for the long term interest of China.
- Round 6 (Closed)This house, as the progressive movement, would actively oppose political nihilism.
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the Canadian government should stop prosecuting Indigenous peoples and allow the use of Indigenous law instead in all cases.
- SemifinalsThis House would prefer a world where the response to the 2008 Financial Crisis focused on assigning responsibility and punishing individual instances of wrongdoing, instead of passing policies to reduce overall risk in the system moving forward (eg regulatory capital requirements, bans on proprietary trading, statutory underwriting standards for residential mortgages)
- Grand FinalsTHP a world where all writing is pseudonymous
- Novice FinalsTHP that billionaire-run charitable foundations engage in 'hits-based' giving rather than traditional charity work
NAUDC 2019 (2019)11 motions
- Round 1THW punitively tax personal homeownership.
- Round 2TH, given limited resources, W prioritize funding for early childhood care to the exclusion of funding of post-secondary education.
- Round 3THR the narrative that ideal political debate should be objective to the exclusion of emotions and subjective experiences.
- Round 4THBT ASEAN should adopt a common currency
- Round 5THBT federal governments should suspend all funding to sub-national governments (states in the USA and Mexico, provinces in Canada) that violate religious liberties.
- Round 6THBT parents should teach their children that they are inherently special (e.g., in what they deserve, and/or what they are capable of achieving).
- Open QuarterfinalTH, as Russia, would announce that any further Israeli strikes in Syria will be met by a Russian attack on Israel.
- Novice SemifinalTHS the use of truth and reconciliation commissions over courts in post-conflict nations.
- Open SemifinalTHW allocate resources towards adapting to climate change, rather than mitigating/preventing climate change.
- Novice Grand FinalTH prefers a polytheistic society to a monotheistic one.
- Open Grand FinalTHBT it is morally legitimate to avoid taxes in undemocratic regimes.
What gets set here
Social & Identity19%
Economics17%
International Relations12%
Politics10%
Religion9%
Law & Crime9%
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19% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 14 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.2.
Last edition: 18 of 81 teams broke.
- 201913 pts17/112
- 202112 pts · 79.1 speaks17/80
- 202312 pts · 79.9 speaks16/83
- 202417 pts · 79.3 speaks16/79
- 202515 pts · 79.1 speaks16/114
- 202614 pts · 78.7 speaks18/81
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break18 teams
- Novice break8 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦 Diba H. | DLO | This house predicts that most members of Generation Z in the West will never be in long-standing relationships. | 84 |
| 🇺🇸 Vincent Y. | DPM | This house prefers households in the United States to consume less and save more, in line with other advanced economies. | 83 |
| Anders W. | DPM | This house believes that the prominence of sports in American colleges and universities does more harm than good. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Clement T. | PM | This house believes that it is in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party to significantly loosen restrictions on short selling. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Stephanie C. | DPM | This house prefers households in the United States to consume less and save more, in line with other advanced economies. | 83 |
| Sheryar F. | OW | This house prefers households in the United States to consume less and save more, in line with other advanced economies. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Stephanie C. | DLO | This house believes that the prominence of sports in American colleges and universities does more harm than good. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Maria X. | LO | This house believes that the prominence of sports in American colleges and universities does more harm than good. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Amy C. | OW | This house believes that it is in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party to significantly loosen restrictions on short selling. | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Soren J. | OW | This house believes that it is in the interests of the Chinese Communist Party to significantly loosen restrictions on short selling. | 83 |
| Anders W. | DPM | This house believes that animal advocates should encourage people to eat more meat from mammals (e.g., beef and pork) and fewer products from other animals (e.g., fish and chicken). | 83 |
| 🇺🇸 Will R. | DPM | This house believes that the prominence of sports in American colleges and universities does more harm than good. | 83 |
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