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Key Dates
- Website, online platform launched and topic announced on October 15, 2024
- Videos were due December 10, 2024
- During this time, the judging matrix will be created and the judges will be contacted
- The judges will assess the speeches using the online platform
- The top 32 students (16 teams) will be announced in January 2025
- Students will be given contact information and waivers for their parent/guardians to sign
- Students will prepare a new debate motion and will coordinate with their debate partner
- The top two students from each round will progress to the next round
- After the last Round of 16 Debate, the Quarter-Finalists will be announced with new partnerships
- Students will be given the contact information of their new debate partner and will have a new debate motion
- Students will have to prepare on their own time with their partners
- The top two students from each round will progress to the Semifinals
- Semifinalists will be given contact information and waivers for their parent/guardians to sign
- Students will be given the contact information of their new debate partner and a new debate motion
- These debates will be recorded for social media
- Students will have to prepare on their own time with their partners
- The top two students from the Semi-Finals will progress to the Finals
- Travel arrangements to Toronto will be made for the finalists
- Students will debate the original public speaking topic at Branksome Hall on April 26, 2025
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.*
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
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