World Schools Debating Championships
Each year, the CSDF sends a team to represent Canada at the World Schools Debating Championships (WSDC). This tournament is hosted by a competing nation and is the highest level of high school debate in the world. Canada is one of the only nations to attend every WSDC since its inception, and has traditionally performed very well at the tournament.
The 2010 WSDC will be held in Doha, Qatar in February 2010. For more information about the team competing in Doha, click the Team Canada 2010 link to the left. Information about the tournament can be found at its official site, wsdc2010doha.com.
The 2011 WSDC will be held in Dundee, Scotland in August 2011. Team Canada 2011, which will compete at this tournament, will be selected in the summer of 2010. The national selection process begins with a selection tournament held April 22nd and 23rd at Glenlyon Norfolk School in Victoria. For more information about the selection process, click on the link to the left.
Team Canada
Team Canada is nine debaters selected from across the country who represent the pinnacle of high school debating in Canada. They are coached by Tracey Lee.
Team Canada 2010 also has a blog where you can learn more about the team and follow their training and accomplishments.
Coach Tracey Lee
Tracey Lee has coached debate in British Columbia for over 16 years. With a teaching background in History, Law and English and graduate degrees in International Relations and Counselling Psychology, Ms Lee enjoys the challenge of working with some of our brightest minds in her role as national team coach. Ms Lee has served on the provincial association (DSABC) for over ten years as treasurer and president, she has been a CSDF Director, a recipient of the McLeese Award in 2008 and one of Canada’s adjudicators at the World Schools level. She coached Team Canada 2009 in Athens, Greece to a 6th place finish and is excited at the prospect of improving those standings at this year’s WSDC in Qatar 2010.
You can contact Tracey at tlee@csdf-fcde.ca.