Competitive Debate

Debating

NOVICE

1. Central Novs 2023, Top NHSE Break, 2nd NHSE Speaker (Team: 11/50, Speaker: 22/107)

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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2. HHIV 2023 (Novice Team: 15/28, Novice Speaker: 28/72)

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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3. Queens IV 2023, Top Novice Break, placed 2nd in NF (Team: 11/41, Speaker: 17/81, Novice Speaker: 4/43, Novice Team: 2/18)

INTERVIEWING Debaters On The CANADIAN Circuit — Chancellor's Cup 2023 (UW Debate Vlog)

All the way back in early November, we sent 4 teams and 2 judges to Kingston, Ontario to take part in the Chancellor's Cup! For this vlog, we decided to switch it up - interviewing teams from institutions such as uOttawa, Hart House, Queen's, and MDU while also vlogging documenting our own adventures. 0:00 - travel shenanigans 2:14 - reaching tournament, day 1 5:45 - day 2 11:00 - social and break announcements 13:56 - outrounds, awards, day 3

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4. Celestial Cup 2023 (internal UW tournament): Top Break, Top Speaker, Champion
5. Guindon 2024, broke to QF (Team: 13/61, Speaker: 45/120, Novice Speaker: 9/59)
6. McGill IV 2024 (Team: 45/85, Speaker: 62/168, Novice Speaker: 10/71)
7. Drexel Open 2024 (Team: 28/48, Speaker: 56/96, Novice Speaker: 21/40)

OPEN

1. HHIV 2024 (Team: 31/100, Speaker: 65/200)

Judges' Perspective — HHIV 2024 Vlog

Last midterm season, we debated at Hart House IV, the biggest major tournament in Ontario of the year. This is a vlog from the perspective of our lovely judges, Alice and Nyx! Enjoy! Please share w/ others, like, and subscribe to UW Debating Society, and follow us on Instagram @uwdebate!

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2. Queens IV 2024 (Team: 11/37, Speaker: 26/86)
3. WUDC 2025 (Points: 14, Team: 100/212, Speaker: 237/417)

UW Debate Vlog — Panama WUDC 2025

The University of Waterloo Debate Society had the incredible opportunity of competing at the Panama World Universities Debating Championship 2025. Just as last time for Vietnam, we also filmed a vlog for it! It was an incredibly fun and enjoyable trip; enjoy the REALLY LONG but REALLY GREAT vlog/movie at this point! A note from Alex: Sorry that this came out late, it was a lot of footage and I couldn't find time during my school term to finish it, but I have edited it now in one sitting as soon as I could before the next term begins. Even though it may be slightly unpolished, I think this vlog features a lot of amazing moments of the debate community, especially within CUSID, and I'm super excited to share it with everyone at last. The debate community would benefit greatly from more recording and treasuring of its moments; I'm not even sure if I've seen other recordings of the break announcement or grand finals walkouts. Hopefully this vlog is a contribution to the community that highlights the value of recording these great times. Please share w/ others, like, and subscribe to UW Debating Society, and follow us on Instagram @uwdebate! 0:00 Travel to Panama City 3:06 Pre-Tournament 3:18 Advait Turns Into Tejas 7:10 Opening Day 10:39 Day 1 13:22 Day 2 15:00 Making Yakka 15:19 Day 3 16:28 Waterloo Waterlympics Track and Field 18:52 Break Night 21:13 MSUDG B Final ESL Team Break 23:01 New Year's Day 24:45 CUSID White Elephant! (Banger) 27:35 Adam and Arpi's Double Octofinal 29:09 Checking Out Old Town 30:43 Watching Open Semis and Masters Final 31:30 Closing Ceremony Preparation 32:36 Bea and Luigi's Endorsement of the Waterloo Vlog 33:15 Grand Final 36:20 Awards Ceremony 37:30 Tourism Montage

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4. Ottawa IV/Guindon Cup 2025 (Team: 21/53, Speaker: 37/107)
5. McGill IV 2025, broke to QF (Team: 8/68, Speaker: 65/135)
6. NAUDC 2025 (Points: 11, Team: 43/114, Speaker: 52/228)
7. Zagreb Pre-EUDC, broke to QF (Points: 11, Team: 8/90, Speaker: 18/191)
8. Ottawa Open 2025, broke to SF (Points: 11, Team: 9/72, 37/144)

Judging

1. UW HST 2023, broke to QF
2. Toronto Open 2023
3. UW HST 2024, paneled GF
4. UW WOSO 2024, paneled GF (note: also CA for this tournament)
5. CUSID National High Schools 2024, paneled GF
6. UW Autumn HST 2024, chaired GF
7. Seagrams IV 2025, paneled GF
8. Waterloo Internal 2025 (Subway Cup), paneled GF
9. UW HST 2025, paneled GF (note: also CA for this tournament)
10. Waterloo IV 2025

Organising

1. Tournament Director, UW HST 2023
2. Tournament Director, Seagram’s IV 2024
3. Chief Adjudicator, UW WOSO 2024
4. Tournament Director, UW HST 2024
5. Equity Officer, Seagram’s IV 2025
6. Food Director, Waterloo Internal 2025 (Subway Cup)
7. Chief Adjudicator, UW HST 2025

Club Commitment

1. VP Events Coordinator - S23
2. VP Events Coordinator - F23
3. VP Events Coordinator - W24
4. VP Marketing - S24
5. VP Tournaments Coordinator - F24
6. VP Tournaments Coordinator - W25
7. VP Tournaments Coordinator - F25

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