Welcome to the 2009-2010 Debate Season!
If you want to get on SEDA's email list, contact
info@saskdebate.com
New to debate? Contact the SEDA office at 780-9243 and
we'll get you started!!
Or visit our " Starting a Club" link. Cost to
debate?
DEBATER TOOLS
2010
Model Legislature Invitation
April 16-17, 2010
Allan Blakeney Era 1971-1982
Sunday April 11, 2010
USDS Pro-Am! Invitation
2010 Provincial Championships / Team Canada Qualifier Try-outs Invitation / RESULTS
2009-10
Membership Survey / 2010-2011
Resolution Ballot
(Please email, fax or mail your feedback to SEDA)
Join the Saskatoon city-wide debate club meetings on
Wednesdays at 4:00 pm at Walter Murray Collegiate!
~ open to all Saskatoon students gr. 5-12 plus
teachers & parents ~
Getting started: 2009
Step-by-Step Guide (may take a bit to
load)
Judging Guide
/ General
Rules
North Speech Finals Results /
South Speech Finals Results
(Rankings REVISED!)
Congratulations Team Canada! Read about Team Canada's
win at Worlds in Doha, Qatar
February 8th-18th, 2010
Why is debate a hard sell in schools today?
Watch Dr. Joel Westheimer's U of R Lecture:
"No Child
left thinking: Democracy at Risk in Canadian
Schools" for a potential answer!
& Military
Service Research Package
Reminder: Team Sask try-out forms due Monday. The prepared
resolution will be:
THB every country has a right to possess nuclear weapons.
Provincial Results with full names are available in the
Members Area - contact SEDA for access
Tournament IV Sports & Olympics Research
Package
TIV North & South Elementary & High School University of
Regina Invitation
/ Results
South Pro-Am Invitation / Results
The modified South Elementary
resolution will be: This house would support Canadian food
banks before international food aid.
Tournament III AIDS Drugs
Research Guide / Food Aid
Research Guide
Tournament III South Elementary Columbia Invitation
/ Results
Tournament III South High School Luther Invitation
/ Results
Tournament III North Elementary Greystone Invitation
/ Results
Tournament III North High School USDS Invitation
/ Results
North Pro-Am Invitation
/ Results - POSTPONED (watch for rescheduling details)
North French Junior (Gr. 5-8) Debate Tournament Invitation / Results
Tournament II
Food & Nutrition Research Guide
Tournament II North All HCHS Invitation
/ Results
Tournament II South High School Invitation
/ Mini-tourney
results
(SEDA will still assist any set of schools with hosting a
mini-tournament for TII!)
Tournament II South Elementary Lumsden Invitation
/ Results
Tournament I - Nuclear Energy
Research Package
Tournament I - North All USDS, Saskatoon Invitation
/ Results
Tournament I - South All Campbell, Regina Invitation
/ Results
2009 Western Canada Debate Seminar - Walter Murray Collegiate,
Saskatoon
Invitation
/ Results
Congratulations to Nasra M., who placed 3rd overall and Areeb S.
who placed 8th overall at the Trojan Cup Invitational in Alberta.
They placed 5th overall as a team. In their division Nasra placed
1st, Areeb 3rd and 2nd place team.
2009 SEDA
Constitution and Policy Manual
Please note the changes to Provincials, Westerns and North Am
selection criteria made in 2008. Only Dictionaries and almanacs are
allowed during impromptu prep periods.
2009-2010 Announcements
USDS British Parliamentary Tournament - September 19, 2009, Lake
Diefenbaker Invitation
Welcome back! The first email out to clubs was
sent August 27, 2009.
The information sent included:
- Weekend
& One Day Workshop Invitations, registration forms and General
Release form
(note: workshop is at Walter Murray; and the weekend workshop is Sept 18-19!) - Membership Application form
- Guides to the resource material that SEDA provides
- List of resolutions for 2009-2010 with the Categories and Styles for this season
- Tournament I Research Package (Nuclear Energy) - hard copies will be distributed at the weekend & one-day workshops!
- Promotional poster to circulate to colleagues or to post in staff rooms, classes, etc.
- Draft schedule of events (tentative - watch the Upcoming events column for updates)!
The first day of Camp I thought debate was a 'super
nerdy thing'.
Now I think it is 'Sweetness and rock awesome'. ~2008 Regina
Camper, new to debate
Preparing for a debate or maybe a paper for school?
Visit your public library and access the
Opposing
Viewpoints Resource Center
or other databases
For amazing debate opportunities visit SEDA's new
IDEA
(International Debate Education Association ) Page
Or IDEA's Debatabase - pages of
pro/con arguments for hundreds of debate resolutions
2009 SEDA
Constitution and Policy Manual
Please note the changes to Provincials, Westerns and North Am
selection criteria made in 2008. Only Dictionaries and almanacs are
allowed during impromptu prep periods.
What is Debate? Visit Wikipedia to find
out!
Congratulations to Nicholas C. who was invited to the 2010 Team
Canada Training Camp - Good Luck!
2010
Model Legislature Invitation
April 16-17, 2010 - Allan Blakeney Era
1971-1982
Congratulations to Top Parliamentarians Brandyn R. and Nasra
M.!
Sunday April 11, 2010 - USDS Pro-Am! Invitation
Congratulations Team Canada! Read about Team Canada's win at
Worlds in Doha, Qatar
February 8th-18th, 2010
2010 SEDA
Constitution and Policy Manual
Please note in particular the changes to Registration procedures
and Junior & Senior Nationals selection criteria.
