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Previous Teams

2009: Athens, Greece

Our team of Tim Abdulla (Manitoba), Pam Cohen (Ontario), Sam Greene (Newfoundland & Labrador), Iqbal Kassam (British Columbia) and Daniel Lewis (Nova Scotia), under the leadership of coach Tracey Lee acquitted themselves extremely well at the 2009 WSDC tournament in Athens. At the end of the eight preliminary rounds we were standing in 6th position, having had only one loss and seven wins. The octo-final presented no problems but in the quarter finals we were up against the only team who had beaten us during the preliminary wounds. Alas, we were not to get our revenge and went down to an excellent team who finally won the entire tournament. We remained in 6th position but were delighted that all five of our speakers finished in the top 50, with Iqbal Kassam in the top 10.

2008: Washington, DC, USA

Photos from the 2008 European Championship
2008 Team Canada training photos

The 2008 WSDC tournament in Washington was a success for Team Canada. Under the direction of coach Martin Poirier, the team finished the preliminary rounds in fourth place out of 39 countries, and after falling to Scotland in the quarter finals, placed sixth. The team consisted of Sam Greene (Newfoundland & Labrador), Daniel Lewis (Nova Scotia), Tim Abdulla (Manitoba), Kees de Ridder (Alberta) and David Miko (Alberta).

2007: Seoul, South Korea

2007 Team Canada photo gallery

Team Canada attending the WSDC in Seoul included: Andrew Rusk (captain), Sean Stefaniak, Sean Barron, Kirsten Lundell-Smith and Caroline Ness. The team ended the preliminary rounds with a 6-2 record and defeated Slovenia (octos) and South Africa (quarters) before being ousted by Singapore in the semi-finals. They placed 4th overall at that Worlds, coached by Martin Poirier. The tournament was also a blast for the debaters. Some of the highlights were visiting the De-Militarized Zone, peering over the border into North Korea and climbing the Seoul Tower in Korea.

2006: Cardiff, Wales

Photos from the 2006 Pan-American Tournament
Photos from the 2006 Wales WSDC
Photos from the 2006 training camp

This team was selected following the 2005 National Seminar in Saskatoon and broke to semi-finals at the 2006 World Schools Debating Championship July 5th-15th, 2006 in Cardiff, Wales. Team members included: Christine Wadsworth (Ontario), Sheldon McCormick (Nova Scotia), Madeleine Ballard (Quebec), Blair MacDonald (Nova Scotia) and Michael Beeler (Nova Scotia). The 2006 team was coached by Harold Kyte.