This weekend several FDT students and instructors traveled to Montreal for the Junior National Debate Championships and French National Debate Championships!
We are so proud of their success at this prestigious, national-level competition! At French Nationals, FDT students Emily Ni and Nikki Wu broke to the Semi-Final round and as speakers, Emily Ni placed 8th overall while FDT instructor Angelina Zhang placed 7th.
At Junior Nationals, Alex Logan and Jessie Liu from FDT broke to the Quarter-Final round, while another team from York House School coached by FDT instructor Corina Picui, also broke to the Quarter-Finals. Moreover, Eric Li placed as the 8th best speaker overall in the country, Sean Oh placed 9th, and Alex Logan placed 10th.
We are so proud of the success of our debaters doing so well, going against the best debaters from across Canada!
December 2023 Tournaments
2023 BC Public Speaking Provincials FDT students dominated at this year’s BC Public Speaking Provincials! Five of the top eight senior speakers advancing to nationals