Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate

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Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate
Formation1978;46 years ago (1978)
TypeStudent debating organization
Location
  • Canada
President
Daniel Svirsky
University of Western Ontario
Affiliations World Universities Debating Council
Website www.cusid.ca

The Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID generally) is the national organization which governs all English language competitive university debating and public speaking in Canada. [1] It sanctions several official annual tournaments and represents Canadian debating domestically and abroad. Its membership consists of student debating unions, sanctioned by their respective universities, from across Canada. [2] CUSID has been described as "a student-run, parliamentary debate league with close ties to the American Parliamentary Debate Association". [3]

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Many prominent Canadians were university debaters, including Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau, Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, MP John Godfrey, Canadian Supreme Court justices Ian Binnie and Morris Fish, songwriter Leonard Cohen, entrepreneur Moses Znaimer, environmentalist David Suzuki, and journalist Ian Hanomansing. CUSID debaters have gone on to notable careers in law, business, government and academia and the presidency of the organization is a highly sought-after position.

History

CUSID was officially founded in 1978, although it held its first annual tournament in 1977. [4] The regular tournaments held under its auspices, such as those at the University of Toronto, McGill University, the University of Western Ontario, Queen's University, and the University of Ottawa predate CUSID's formation by many decades.

Founded as a national organization with strong central Canadian region roots, over the years, individual regional differences—particularly the separate identities of "CUSID East" and "CUSID West"—have become more pronounced. One of its primary functions is facilitating communications between its members institutions. Until the late 2000s, those communications have been primarily through their online forum, CUSIDnet, first set up in 1994, as the first online student debating forum in the world. More recently, communications are conducted through social media platforms such as Facebook.

Annual intervarsity tournaments held in Canada include the McGill University Winter Carnival, the Queen's University Chancellor's Cup and Sutherland IV, the Carleton University Lord Dorchester Cup, the University of Toronto Hart House IV, [5] the University of Ottawa Father Guindon Cup, and the Wilfrid Laurier University/University of Waterloo Seagram Cup.

The inaugural British Parliamentary National Championship was hosted in 2004 at the University of Toronto. [6] Unlike other CUSID title tournaments, participants do not need to be a member of a CUSID institution in order to take part. This leads to the tournament to often be attended by American and other international teams.

In 2020, for the first time in history, the society was forced to cancel its Canadian Parliamentary National Debating Championship due to the risk presented by COVID-19. Other tournaments affected included Carleton's Lord Dorchester Cup, the North American Womxn and Gender Minorities Debating Championship and numerous American tournaments. In July 2020, the National Championship was revived by hosting an online iteration organized by the year's original host institution, the University of Calgary Debate Society. Due to continued pandemic restrictions, the entirety of the 2020–2021 season was also held online.

In 2020 CUSID voted to end the long-standing tradition to not allow hybrid teams (teams representing two different institutions) at Canadian Parliamentary Nationals, the Central Canadian Debating Championship, the Atlantic Canadian Debating Championship and the Western Canadian Debating Championship. This aligned them with the society's British Parliamentary Championship, which has always allowed such teams.

Organization

CUSID is subdivided into three regional bodies, representing each region of Canada:

CUSID nationally and internationally sanctions several official championship tournaments, including:

The president of CUSID is the head of the organization and leads an elected executive team of six national and regional officers. [11] They also represents CUSID and Canadian debating interests inside and outside of Canada, and is the Canadian representative on the World Universities Debating Council. They are elected annually by the member institutions at the National Championships.

There have been seven CUSID Presidents who have won either of the National Championships during their term as President: Jason Brent (1992), Gerald Butts (1993), Robert Silver (2000), Vinay Mysore (2010), Louis Tsilivis (2013), Harar Hall (2019), and Daniel Svirsky (2023, 2024).

Notable Presidents of CUSID

Formats

Many CUSID tournaments are held in the Canadian Parliamentary Style of debate. This style emphasizes argumentation and rhetoric, rather than research and detailed factual knowledge. Each round consists of two teams – the government team and the opposition team – each of which consists of two debaters. Teams alternate between government and opposition at tournaments. The speaking times in CUSID Central and East are:

A new modification to the above times was introduced at the 2003 McGill University Winter Carnival Invitational called the Prime Minister's Rebuttal Extension (PMRE). The PMRE allows the government team the option to take a 6-minute PMC and 4-minute PMR and was designed to help compensate for the alleged inherent advantage to the opposition side. In most rounds, the resolution is "squirrelable", meaning that the government team can propose any topic it wants for debate. The Prime Minister Constructive (PMC) lays out the topic for debate and presents arguments in favor of its position. The opposition team must then immediately present opposing arguments. New arguments can be presented in the first four speeches; they are prohibited in the rebuttal speeches. In the early 2010s the "opposition choice" option was introduced. Rather than presenting the motion as it stands, the Prime Minister lays out the topic and the opposite bench has the option of choosing which side of the motion they would prefer.

"Points of Information" are generally permitted and expected in the standard Canadian Parliamentary style. With POIs, debaters may rise and attempt to ask a question of an opposing debater, who can choose whether to accept or refuse the question. It is generally considered good form to accept at least a few questions during a speech.

Tournaments are otherwise held in British Parliamentary, sometimes known as WUDC style. Presently, all tournaments for the first semester of the academic year, September–December, use British Parliamentary as the format. This is for teams to prepare for the World University Debating Championship which occurs over New Year's each year. Since its introduction, British Parliamentary has become the more competitive of the two formats, largely because it is the format used for international competition.

Canadian Parliamentary National Championships

YearHostWinnerTeamTop DebaterTeamPublic Speaking ChampionTeam
2024 Toronto Diggory Waddle & Daniel Svirsky [12] Hybrid Western/IndependentJacob Silcoff McGill Rhys Nickerson McGill
2023 SMU Diggory Waddle & Nicholas Abernethy [13] Queen's Nicholas Abernethy Queen's Alison Uppal Dalhousie
2022 Queen's Jun Kim & Ethan Curry [14] Western Abigail Conrad UBC Abigail Conrad UBC
2021 Ottawa Navin Kariyawasam & Eric Zhao Toronto Sarah Zamponi UBC Emily Xie Western
2020 Calgary Deborah Wong & Dhananjay Ashok Toronto Jacob Silcoff McGill Emily Xie Western
2019 Western Harar Hall & Isaac Botham Carleton Harar Hall Carleton Uman Tamann McGill
2018 Queen's William Onyeaju & Cole Bricker Osgoode Kiana Saint-Macary McGill Jacob Silcoff McGill
2017 McGill Betsy Studholme & Ksenia Podvoiskaia Queen's Ryan Howson Western Cassandra Cervi Western
2016 Alberta Mitchell Dorbyk & Tavish Logan Queen's Mitchell Dorbyk Queen's Janel Comeau Alberta
2015 McGill Sam Greene & Joe McGrade Toronto Julia Kirby Queen's Carmen Reilly Toronto
2014 Dalhousie Julia Kirby & Michelle Polster Queen's Veenu Goswami Toronto Daniel Milton McGill
2013 UBC Veenu Goswami & Louis Tsilivis Toronto Veenu Goswami Toronto Travis Gritter UBC
2012 Osgoode Anisah Hassan & Joshua Stark Toronto Deirdre Casey Toronto Alex Amar McGill
2011 Western Steven Penner & George Trotter Toronto George Trotter Toronto Husein Panju Queen's
2010 Alberta Sophie McIntyre & Vinay Mysore [15] McGill Sean Stefanik McGill Christopher McMillan Calgary
2009 USask Richard Lizius & Paul-Erik Veel Toronto Richard Lizius Toronto Dan Powell RMC
2008 Dalhousie Monica Ferris & Jon Laxer [7] Toronto Richard Lizius Toronto Vinay Mysore McGill
2007 Queen's Adrienne Lipsey & Richard Lizius Toronto Mike Jancik & Jason Rogers McGill Leon Grek McGill
2006 Carleton Ian Freeman & Gaurav Toshniwal Toronto Laura Kusisto Queen's Jason Rogers McGill
2005 Alberta Rahool Agarwal & Michael Kotrly Toronto James Renihan Toronto Ian Freeman Toronto
2004 McGill Emily Cohen & Omar Fairclough York Kevin Massie Queen's Marc Laferriere Ottawa
2003 Dalhousie Greg Allen & Rahim Moloo UBC Kevin Massie UBC Emma Lowman McMaster
2002 UBC Rory McKeown & Aaron Rousseau Toronto Nicola Matthews Queen's Michael Meeuwis Toronto
2001 York Nicola Matthews & Mike Podgorski Queen's Michael Meeuwis Toronto John Whelan Memorial University
2000 Memorial Ranjan Agarwal & Robert Silver Ottawa Robert Silver Ottawa Andrew Zadel McGill
1999 Western Sacha Bhatia & Dena Varah McGill Nathan MacDonald Guelph Duncan Retson Acadia
1998 Alberta Jacob Glick & Grant Yiu Toronto Mike Shore Toronto Melanie Marshall Ryerson
1997 Dalhousie Brent Patterson & Robert Silver Western Casey Halladay Western Marc Field Memorial
1996 Ottawa Allen Middlebro & Jordan Tan Carleton Ron Guirguis Guelph James Clitheroe Carleton
1995 Bishop's Randy Cass & Frank Cesario Toronto Randy Cass Toronto John Bielby Concordia
1994 York Peter Balasubramanian & Gerald Butts McGill David Orr Western Awi Sinha Ottawa
1993 Guelph Peter Balasubramanian & Gerald Butts McGill John Haffner Dalhousie Marc Weber Waterloo
1992 Western Jason Brent & Tom Meehan Toronto Marc Givens Queen's Marc Weber Waterloo
1991 Coast Guard Jason Brent & Tom Meehan Toronto Kevin Whitehouse Ottawa James Rocchi Western
1990 RMC Tim Daley & Laura Stewart Dalhousie Chris Wayland McGill Steven Johnson McGill
1989 Queen's Judy Hearn & Stephen Pitel Carleton Justin MacGregor Toronto Justin MacGregor Toronto
1988 Waterloo Diane Brady & Paul Paton Toronto Mark McKeegan Carleton Chris Chandler McGill
1987 Memorial Matt Colledge & Neil Steinman Queen's Matthew Mendelsohn McGill Mark McKeegan Carleton
1986 UBC Ian Hanomansing & Cyril Johnston Dalhousie Ian Hanomansing Dalhousie Ian Hanomansing Dalhousie
1985 Concordia Doug Cooper & Paul Cooper Toronto Ian Hanomansing Dalhousie Ian Hanomansing Dalhousie
1984 Dalhousie John Duffy & Jeff Nankivell Toronto ????
1983 Victoria Gary Boyd & Michael McCulloch Ottawa Ian Hanomansing Mount Allison ??
1982 RMC Dale Darling & Gwynneth Jones Queen's Tom Gough Toronto Sean May Ottawa
1981 Dalhousie Charlie Lavergne & Joe Pollender McGill Joe Pollender McGill ??
1980 Alberta Gary Boyd & Michael McCulloch Ottawa ????
1979 Queen's Thomas Gough & Michael McCulloch Toronto ????
1978 Ottawa Fred McMahon & Oscar Mullerbeck McGill ????

Canadian Parliamentary National Debating Championship By Institution

InstitutionChampionship WinsTop SpeakersPublic Speaking WinsYears HostedLast Championship Win
Toronto 2012402021
Queen's 77152023
McGill 671032010
Carleton 32212019
Ottawa 32332008
Dalhousie 23361990
Western 23442022
Osgoode 10012018
UBC 13232003
York 10022004
Acadia 0010-
Alberta 0015-
Bishop's 0001-
Calgary 0012-
Coast Guard 0001-
Concordia 0011-
Guelph 0201-
McMaster 0010-
Memorial 0022-
Mount Allison 0100-
RMC 0012-
TMU 0010-
SMU 0001-
USask 0001-
Victoria 0001-
Waterloo 0021-

British Parliamentary National Championships

YearHostWinnerTeamTop SpeakerTeamTop Novice SpeakerTeam
2023 Calgary Daniel Svirsky & Nicholas AbernethyHybrid Western-QueensNicholas Abernethy Queens Hao Ni [16] Western
2022 Carleton Micaela Lewis & Jacob Silcoff McGill Rhys Nickerson McGill Alex Logan [17] Western
2021 Alberta Daniel Svirsky & Kate Xinyi HeHybrid Western-DalhousieDiggory Waddle Queens Eamon Roach [18] Toronto
2020 Carleton Matthew Farrell & Max Rosen [19] McGill Ruth Silcoff McGill Gabrielle Wong SFU
2019 McGill Ethan Curry & Addy RawatHybrid Western-QueensNavin Kariyawasam Toronto Joshua Cohen Dawson
2018 Carleton Kiana Saint-Macary & Ahmad Nehme [20] Hybrid McGill-MontrealKiana Saint-Macary McGill Dhananjay Ashok Toronto
2017 McGill Connor Ahluwalia & Matthew Gallagher [21] Carleton Sarah Millman Toronto Armin Safavi Toronto
2016 UBC Kiana Saint-Macary & Alexander Beaumont McGill Jason XiaoIndependentJayun Bae Toronto
2015 York Julia Kirby & Julia Milden [22] Queens Aislin Flynn Toronto Jason Xiao UBC
2014 Western Aislin Flynn & Sean Husband [23] Toronto Daniel Milton McGill Julia Milden Queens
2013 McMaster Sarah Balakrishnan & Cole Bricker McGill Brent Schmidt Western Brittany Haughey Carleton
2012 Victoria Bhuvana Sankar & Pardeep Dhaliwal [24] Hybrid Toronto-CalgaryRobert Lees-Miller Alberta Chardaye Bueckert SFU
2011 Laurier Josh Stark & Veenu Goswami [25] Toronto Steven Penner & Veenu Goswami (Tie) Toronto Lyle Dobbin McGill
2010 Dalhousie Sam Greene & Steven Penner [26] Toronto Brent Kettles Toronto Ted Mateoc McGill
2009 UBC Richard Lizius & Ian Freeman [27] Toronto Michael Imeson Alaska
2008 Queen's Richard Lizius & Ian Freeman [28] Toronto Richard Lizius Toronto Sean Husband McGill
2007 Alberta Adam Coombs & Garnett Genuis [28] Carleton Ian Freeman Toronto George Trotter Toronto
2006 Toronto Derek Lande & David Denton [28] Hybrid University College Cork-YaleBen Eidelson Yale Sophie MacIntyre McGill
2005 UBC Rory McKeown & Gaurav Toshniwal [28] Toronto James Renihan Toronto
2004 Toronto Gordon Shotwell & Jess Prince [28] McGill Rory Gillis Yale Luke Champlin Colgate

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