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Canadian Universities Debating Championship

What it took to break here, what gets set, and a plan for the week before.

In-PersonBPEvery edition of Canadian Universities Debating Championship

Sun 22 Nov 2026

From 2 tabs, newest Canadian Universities Debating Championships 2025.

How many points to break?

10points, the middle of
the last 2 editions

Safe points at the last 2 editions with a figure: 10, 10, newest first. The last team in averaged 78.0 speaks in 2025.

Every year

What will they set?

Out of 19 past motions with a topic, from 2 editions.

Practise Social & Identity motionsLesson: Generating arguments

How many teams, and how many break?

16of 62 teams made the open break
in 2025

Field strength: Average in 2025, from the ratings of the debaters who went.

What should you do first?

Work through “Generating arguments”

Your prep week starts 6 days before the tournament. 6 tasks in the plan below.

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Your chance of breaking here and your average on each topic this tournament sets, from your own tab.

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Your prep week

Built on the topics set most here. Import your tab and it switches to your weakest topics.

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  • For Social & Identity motions, the topic set most here.Open the lesson
  • Mechanism, actors, weighing. Use the prep timer below.Pull a motion
  • Start with: THBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of rel...Past motions
  • Ask for a Social & Identity motion on your weaker position.
  • Pull a motion
  • Check the schedule and the break line. No new material the night before.

Prep timer

15:00

Past motions

2 editions with motions on record, newest first.

Canadian Universities Debating Championships 20259 motions
  1. Round 1THW implement "ungrading" in schools from grade 1 to grade 9.Practise this motion
  2. Round 2THBT the LGBT+ movement should prioritize promoting a narrative of reinterpretation of religions, rather than promoting a narrative against religions.Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THP a Soft Cap to a Hard Cap in North American Professional Sports (NBA, NFL, MLB etc.)Practise this motion
  4. Round 4THS norms of maximum transparency (e.g. sharing phone passwords, location sharing, emotional transparency, etc.) in close relationshipsPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THP a world where islamic banking became the worldwide standard of bankingPractise this motion
  6. QuarterfinalsTHW disallow anonymous posts in the Facebook group.Practise this motion
  7. Novice FinalsTHW drink from the pond.Practise this motion
  8. SemifinalsTHBT the United States should implement the Canadian mortgage systemPractise this motion
  9. Grand FinalTHBT the USA should engage in military intervention against the RSFPractise this motion

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Canadian Universities Debating Championship 202410 motions
  1. 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 naturallyPractise this motion
  2. 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)Practise this motion
  3. Round 3THP a DBFOM P3 over a traditional contract for the Toronto-Quebec high-speed rail projectPractise this motion
  4. Round 4THBT emerging women's sports leagues (e.g. PWHL, WNBA) should be majority-owned by fansPractise this motion
  5. Round 5THBT it is in the interest of Canada to advocate for the inclusion of Mexico in any new North American Free Trade AgreementPractise this motion
  6. Open QuarterfinalsTHP a world with widespread belief in divine indifferencePractise this motion
  7. Novice SemifinalsTHR the rise in gentle parentingPractise this motion
  8. Open SemifinalsTHR the ubiquity of judicialization in politicsPractise this motion
  9. Novice FinalsTHW meet the strangerPractise this motion
  10. Grand FinalsTHO the norm to prefer innovation over maintenancePractise this motion

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The break, year by year

The points that were safe, the last team in and how many broke, at each edition with results.

YearSafe on (points)Last team in (speaks)Open break
20251078.016 of 62
20241079.416 of 64

Every break in 2025

  • Open break16 teams
  • Novice break4 teams

How speakers score here

Speaker averages and what finishing high has taken.

average speaker score, 2 editions
75.5
where most speakers land
72.6 to 78.3

What finishing high has taken

  • Top speaker82.2
  • 10th speaker79.6
  • 20th speaker78.2

Median speaker average at each finishing spot, 2 editions.