McMaster Debating Society

04/12/2021

Join us tomorrow at 6:30PM for our last meeting of the year! Come chill with us before exams and have some fun!🥳🥳

03/21/2021

DEBATE MERCH IS HERE!!! Wanna show off your debate pride? Click the link to fill in the form!!

https://forms.gle/1jVcAf5R4A6EGnYy6

03/08/2021

Hello everyone! Join us today at 6:30 on Discord to learn about how to provide high-quality resolutions for topics that you don't really know anything about! This will be the LAST SCHEDULED LESSON of the year. Come on out and improve your debating skills XD!

03/03/2021

It is THAT time of the year! The MDS presidential election is approaching. On Wednesday, March 3rd, at 6:30 p.m. in our Discord Channel, the four candidates will each deliver a 5-minute speech about why they would make a good president. Voting will occur from March 8th to 12th on the SimplyVoting platform. Qualified voters will receive an invitation via email. Stay tuned for more information!

02/16/2021

Hello everyone! It’s finally reading week 🥳🥳🥳! In the spirit of Valentine’s Day❤, we are hosting a 🤩CASE HELP SESSION 🤩followed by a 😎SOCIAL NIGHT😎 on Wednesday, February 17th! Our experienced execs will help you with preparing a strong and balanced motion for the up-coming CP tournaments. It would be a great learning opportunity even if you don’t have any tournaments planned yet. The rest of the evening will be a casual night for everyone to have fun and play games. We welcome everyone to join and make new friends 🥰🥰🥰!

12/07/2020

Shout-out to our debaters Oishee and Sophie for breaking to the Novice Final at the 2020 BP Championships hosted by CUDS! We are all so proud of you, MAC Ghosh-Gordon👏👏👏 !

11/30/2020

A HUGE SHOUT-OUT to everyone who joined us for the McMaster Pro-Ams last weekend! This post may be a bit late 😬. But, we hope that you had an enjoyable tournament and was able to take some great memories away. Whether you’ve broke or not, you deserve a HUGE congratulation for just putting yourselves out there! Whether you were a judge or a debater, we were so grateful for your presence as the tournament couldn’t have been so successful without you!

We would like to congratulate Eric Zhao and Amalie Wilkinson for seizing the final trophy! Congratulations to Eric Zhao for being awarded the top speaker!

Last but not least, we would like to give our special thanks to Ethan Curry, Meehakk Mulani , Emily Xu, Phoung Nguyen, Angad Singh, Zack Hassan, Sarah Arsalan, Riaz Mahmud, Hashim Ridha, and a plethora of other people from the MDS and beyond! Without your dedicated work, the tournament could not have been possible.

Hope to see you all next year!

The MDS Exec Team

11/18/2020

Pro-ams is almost here! Our very own MDS run yearly tournament, this time gone virtual on discord!
event page below!
https://fb.me/e/3hNK8lYLA

11/11/2020

Hello everyone! Registration for BP Championships is open! This is a BP tournament hosted by Carleton University on Nov. 28-29th. If you are going to proams, this is a great tournament to apply what you learned! Novices are welcomed! If you are interested, please check out the registration form linked below by Nov 15th 😃 !

Carleton University is hosting the British Parliamentary Championships Debate Tournament! The tournament will be held on Discord on November 28-29. It will consist of 5 rounds of British Parliamentary debate with 7 minute speeches. There will be a break to quarter-finals and a potential novice semi-...

10/28/2020

Join us at pro-ams on discord this November! Registration deadline is October 31st! Registration link below:

https://forms.gle/tAEWxjXMBTnXwZbD6

10/07/2020

On September 26-27th, our debaters Sarah, Nicole, Matthew, Murad and Yifan, as well as our judges Hashim and Amr participated in the Central Novice Debating Championships, an inter-varsity tournament organized by McGill. We would like to thank all our amazing debaters and judges for representing the MDS out there and give a HUGE congratulations to Matthew and Murad for breaking first to the no high school experience category!

10/02/2020

Hello everyone! Debate training will be on Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm. Here is a tentative schedule for our Debating BOOTCAMP tomorrow. We look forward to having some fun with you there! ALL skill levels are welcome!

Date: Saturday, Oct. 3rd Location: Discord 10:00 – 10:30 Instructions + ice breaker Choosing Debater Paris 10:30 – 10:45 Starting the First Debate Round Announcement of the Motion 15-minute Prep Time 10:45 – 12:00 the First Debate Round Deliberation Feedback 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch Brea...