WUDC – The Second Half – Canadian Parliamentary Season

Posted on January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 by Executive Director

Hello CUSID,

After a rather entertaining WUDC (at least for the onlooker from afar), we enter the second half of our 2013-14 Debating Season. This means the start of Canadian Parliamentary season, everyone’s favourite format! Look forward to fun-filled tournaments such as Winter Carnival at McGill and NorthAms.

Before the fun begins, however, we must offer congratulations to everyone from CUSID who participated at the World Universities Debating Championships in Chennai, India. Particularly, congratulations to the team from McGill A, Cole Bricker and Sarah Balakrishnan, for making the semi-finals. They have made the entire CUSID community incredibly proud. We must further congratulate Sarah Balakrishnan for placing 10th overall in the speaker rankings, and Cole for placing 13th.

As well, congratulations to the other breaking CUSID teams: Hart House A, Sam Greene and Veenu Goswami; and Western A, Victoria Hale and Brent Schmidt.

Full WUDC Tab.

If you wish to read a report of the tumultuous events that took place at this years WUDC, it can be found here:
http://globaldebateblog.blogspot.ca/2014/01/chennai-wudc-report-from-afar-and.html

With that, let the second semester begin – hope it is as much fun as the last.

A Month In, Looking Ahead to Hart House

Posted on October 13, 2013October 13, 2013 by Executive Director

Hello CUSID,

We are already over a month into the school year and the CUSID season is still young. The first tournament of the year was the CUSID Central Novice Championships, hosted by the McGill Debating Union over the weekend of September 27th. It was, by all accounts, an exciting and interesting tournament featuring some of the best novices CUSID has to offer, but the championship title ended up going to Western’s Katrina Dods and Sam Shadowitz. Congratulations to them, and thanks to all the other teams who make CUSID great. Find out more information on the Results page on in the tournament thread.

The second tournament of note was not a CUSID tournament, but well attended by CUSID schools: Yale IV. CUSID had a very strong showing from teams in all three regions, and were made especially proud by the two finalist teams from Hart House, Aislin Flynn and Louis Tsilivis, and Sam Greene and Veenu Goswami. Congratulations to them for their superb performance, as well as to 4th speaker Sarah Balakrishnan from McGill. Full team and speaker rankings can be found here on APDAweb.

Finally, next weekend marks the date for the North American BP Debating Championships, also known as Hart House IV. This inaugural championship tournament will feature teams from as far as California, Louisiana, Colorado, British Columbia, and Canada’s East Coast competing against teams from Ontario, Quebec, and New England. The quality of debate will be high, and much fun will be had. Stay tuned for further updates and news in this regard. Make sure to check out the tournament thread on CUSIDnet for a schedule and more information.

Call for 2013-2014 Ombudspeople!

Posted on July 30, 2013July 30, 2013 by Executive Director

Hello Debaters,

The CUSID Executive have put out a call for applications to the Ombudsteam for the 2013-2014 year. We will be requiring four Ombudspeople each academic year – one from each of CUSID’s regions (West, Central and Atlantic) and a National Ombudsperson to oversee the activities of the committee. If protection of the diversity and comfort of CUSID’s membership is of significant importance to you, we strongly encourage you to apply for this opportunity – these positions bear a significant amount of influence on the implementation and evolution of CUSID equity standards.

If you are interested in applying for the position, or simply just want some additional information, click here to head to the official call for applications.

Thanks, all!

CUSIDnet Forums Update

Posted on July 9, 2013July 30, 2013 by Executive Director

Hello CUSID,

Today, the CUSIDnet Forums will be undergoing changes, as discussed on the Forums. As such, a period of downtime is to be expected, beginning at 5 PM PST. Hopefully it won’t take too long, and afterward, the forums will be working and looking better than ever.

Changes have been implemented. Check the CUSIDnet Community and the ED Changelog for a full list of changes.

The next step in this ongoing website renovation project is the main page. We are still encouraging any and all feedback in regards to that process, so get over to the forums and make your voice heard in this thread on the Forums

Thanks,
Joey Doyle
Executive Director

Changes to CUSID.ca

Posted on May 30, 2013May 31, 2013 by Executive Director

CUSID.ca is about to undergo huge changes! But before it does, the Executive would like your input. What kind of features do the site and community need? The website can only meet the needs of the community if the community makes its voice head. So live up to your debate skills and make your voice heard!

You can do so in the comment section below;

Or click here to head on over to our Community for a more in-depth discussion.