Competitive Debate

Canadian Uni Debate Circuit (British Parliamentary)

• UW High School Tournament - Tournament Director + Judge
• McGill Central Canadian Novice Championship 2023, top break to NHSE finals, Runner-up NHSE, 2nd best NHSE speaker

Waterloo Debate Vlog — McGill Central Canadian Novice Championship 2023

The UW Debate Society went to McGill Canadian Central Novice Championship 2023 and had a great time! I, Alex Zhu, woke up at 5 AM and thought to myself "vlogging this trip would be cool", and so now this video exists. Hope you enjoy this inside look at Waterloo's tournament experience! Please share w/ others in the debate community! Created by Alex Zhu Editing Assistance by Advait Filming Assistance by Alice and Saad 0:00 Waterloo to Montreal 4:13 Tournament Day 1 6:42 Tournament Day 2 8:05 Exploring Montreal 9:54 Tournament Day 3 10:30 Break Announcement 10:57 Outrounds 13:27 Awards Ceremony 14:31 Outro

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• Hart House IV (UW Rhetorical Roundabouts)

Hart House IV 2023 Vlog with UW Debate

A couple of weeks ago, UW Debate sent 5 teams to the prestigious Hart House IV competition! Here's a vlog documenting our trip, and we hope you enjoy watching our experience at the tournament :) Created by Advait Sangle Filming assistance by Ananya 0:00 Waterloo to Toronto 1:07 Day 1 2:44 Day 2 4:01 Day 3: heading back 4:30 Recap + Outro

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• Queens IV: Chancellor’s Cup (with Arul Kumar)-> UW Covfefe and Hamberders, Top Novice Break, Runner-up Novice Team, 4th best Novice Speaker
• Celestial Cup (with Jonathan Lyashoko)- UW HH ain’t winning this -> Top Break, Top Speaker, Winning Team
• Seagram’s IV 2024 - Tournament Director

Indian HS Debate Circuit

• Winning Team and 2nd Best Speaker at the Frank Anthony Memorial Inter-School Debate Competition (1st in 1600 schools)
• AISM State Level Debate Competition - Best Speaker
• Controversus Inter-School Competition - 2 X First Place

School Debate Club:

• Co-founder and co-leader of the Free Speech Forum, HFS’ debate club. Organized weekly debates and discussions on socio-political and cultural issues
• Organized HFS Fundamenta, an invitational debate competition with 8 schools. Co-led the Organizing committee, handled public relations, design, technical logistics, rules and regulations, and served as a Student Moderator for the three rounds of debate