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National Championships History

The National Championships were started in November of 1998 by Sydney Academy with the enthusiastic cooperation of the Manitoba Speech and Debate Association, the Nova Scotia Debating Society, the Quebec Student Debating Association and a number of schools in Ontario and Saskatchewan.

Since 1998, the Championships have become recognized as the top competition in the country, and have been hosted by schools around the country.

Hosts and Winners

Year	School	City	School	Debaters
	Host		Champion
2010	Glenlyon Norfolk	Victoria, BC	West Point Grey Academy	Jonathan Carson Iqbal Kassam
2009	Campbell Collegiate	Regina, SK	West Point Grey Academy	Jonathan Carson Iqbal Kassam
2008	William Aberhart	Calgary, AB	West Point Grey Academy	Helenaz Hajifattahi Sean Husband
2007	Upper Canada College	Toronto, ON	Lower Canada College	Madeleine Ballard Caroline Wagner
2006	Lower Canada College	Montreal, QC	Lower Canada College	Madeleine Ballard Corey Wolman
2004	Newfoundland Student Debate Union	St. John's, NL	Sydney Academy	Sheldon McCormick Blair MacDonald
2003	William Aberhart	Calgary, AB	Lower Canada College	Alex Blank Harry Schiff
2002	St. John's-Ravenscourt	Winnipeg, MB	St. John's-Ravenscourt	Rowan Dorin Sara Robertson
2001	Glenlyon-Norfolk	Victoria, BC	Glenlyon-Norfolk School	Jessica Prince Scott Murray
2000	Ashbury College	Ottawa, ON	St. John’s-Ravenscourt	Elliot Tapper Ben Wolinsky
1999	Branksome Hall	Toronto, ON	Sydney Academy	Rory Gillis Sarah Pottle
1998	Sydney Academy	Sydney, NS	Ashbury College	Andrew Magnus Tony Navaneelan

2009 Championships: Regina, SK

The 2009 National Debating Championships were held at Regina's Campbell Collegiate Institute on April 23 - 27.