North American Debating Championship - Definition and Overview

The North American Debating Championship is the premier parliamentary debating championship in North America, sanctioned by the national university debating associations in the United States and Canada, the American Parliamentary Debating Association and the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate. It has been held on an alternating basis between the USA and Canada since 1991. The North American Public Speaking Championship is held at the same event, in parallel with the debating competition.

Results from Past Championships

2005 Cornell University

• • Winner: University of Toronto Joanna Nairn & Melanie Tharamangalam
  • def. Harvard University Fuad Faridi & Alex Schwab
  • Top Speaker: Rory Gillis, Yale University

2004 Queen's University

• • Winner: McGill University Gordon Shotwell & Ren
  • def. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Patrick Nichols & Adam Unikowsky
  • Top Speaker: Greg Allen, University of British Columbia
  • Public Speaking Champion: Stuart Savelkoul, Dickinson State University

2003 Johns Hopkins University

• • Winner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Phil Larochelle & Patrick Nichols
  • def. Columbia University Maxim Mayer-Cesiano & Evan Mayo-Wilson (12-9 decision)
  • Top Speaker: Emily Schleicher, New York University

2002 McGill University

• • Winner: University of Toronto Rory McKeown & Aaron Rousseau
  • def. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shuman Ghosemajumder & Phil Larochelle (7-6 decision)
  • Top Speaker: Ranjan Agarwal, University of Ottawa
  • Public Speaking Champion: Aiden Johnson, University of Toronto

2001 Cornell University

• • Winner: Brandeis University Adam Zirkin & Storey Clayton
  • def. Columbia University Jeff Williams & Harry Layman (10-5 decision)
  • Top Speaker: David Silverman, Princeton University
  • Public Speaking Champion: Jeremy Holiday, Middlebury College

2000 Queen's University

• • Winner: University of Ottawa (A) Rob Silver & Casey Halladay
  • def. University of Ottawa (B) W. Scott Thurlow & Adam Jantunen
  • Top Speaker: Casey Halladay, University of Ottawa
  • Public Speaking Champion: Mark Bigney, McGill University

1999 Smith College

• • Winner: University of Guelph Nathan MacDonald & Averill Pessin
  • def. New York University Peter Guirguis & Glen Whitman (11-8 decision)
  • Top Speaker: Jason Goldman, Princeton University
  • Public Speaking Champion: Michael Podgorski, Queen's University

1998 McGill University

• • Winner: University of Western Ontario Rob Silver & Nathan MacDonald
  • def. Carleton University Linda McMillan & Mike Peters
  • Top Speaker: Casey Halladay, University of Ottawa
  • Public Speaking Champion: Jordan Mills, University of New Mexico

1997 Johns Hopkins University

• • Winner: Princeton University John Oleske & Niall O'Murchada
  • def. University of Pennsylvania Peter Striss & Liz Rogers (13-8 decision)
  • Top Speaker: John Oleske, Princeton University
  • Public Speaking Champion: Shuman Ghosemajumder, University of Western Ontario

1996 University of Toronto

• • Winner: McGill University Jamie Springer & Matt Cohen
  • def. University of Guelph Jim Scala & Ron Guirgis
  • Top Speaker: Ron Guirguis, University of Guelph
  • Public Speaking Champion: Marika Giles, Concordia University

1995 University of Pennsylvania

• • Winner: Swarthmore College Jeremy Mallory & Neal Potishman
  • def. University of Toronto Tim O'Leary & Brian McLuggage
  • Top Speaker: Michael D'Abramo, University of Toronto
  • Public Speaking Champion: Jake Irving, University of Ottawa

1994 Dalhousie University

• • Winner: University of Toronto Avery Plaw & Randy Cass
  • def. Princeton University Doug Kern & Mark Ricks
  • Top Speaker: Avery Plaw, University of Toronto
  • Public Speaking Champion: Michael McKneely, Colgate University

1993 Bates College

• • Winner: University of Toronto Thomas Meehan & Jason Brent
  • def. Harvard University David Kennedy & David Friedman
  • Top Speaker: Marc Givens, Queen's University
  • Public Speaking Champion: Awanish Sinha, University of Ottawa

1992 McGill University

• • Winner: Queen's University Alicia Maine & Marc Givens
  • def. Harvard University David Kennedy & David Friedman
  • Top Speaker: Ted Cruz, Princeton University
  • Public Speaking Champion: Chris Moore, University of Ottawa

External Link

• CUSID Summary of Past Championships (http://www.cusid.ca/results.php?cat=9)