
World Individual Debating & Public Speaking Championships 2023
Congratulations to the three FDT public speakers who attended the 2023 World Speech Championships! Jaiden, Katherine and Zac all broke in 2 or more categories – we couldn’t be more proud!
Top Speakers
11th Place Speaker – Jaiden Ahuja
16th Place Speaker – Zac Weinberg
Team Awards
Impromptu Finals
Katherine Cai
Zac Weinberg
Reading Finals
Zac Weinberg
Jaiden Ahuja
Katherine Cai
Persuasive Reading Finals
Jaiden Ahuja
Zac Weinberg
NSDA Canadian World Qualifiers for US Nationals 2023
Congratulations to the participants of the 2023 NSDA Canadian Worlds Qualifier for US Nationals! Half of the top ten speakers were FDT students, an amazing feat.
Team Awards
2nd Place Team
Emily Zhao, Amy Zhang, Enya Fang, Eva Wang, Max Chen
3rd Place Team
Neil He, Jerry Song, Jason Song, George Xie
Speaker Awards
2nd Place Speaker – Amy Zhang & Anita Pan (Tied)
3rd Place Speaker – Eric Su
6th Place Speaker – Neil He
8th Place Speaker – Enya Fang
9th Place Speaker – Hannah Choi
Junior Public Speaking Provincials 2023
The participants of the Junior Public Speaking Provincials were incredibly successful this year, with more than half of the top ten speakers being FDT students. Congratulations to you all!
Speaker Awards
2nd Place – Matthew Yu
3rd Place – Vanessa Chen
5th Place – Amos Zhu
6th Place – Grace Liu
8th Place – Henry Liu
9th Place – Eva Zhou
14th Place – Evangeline Lin
Team Awards
Impromptu Speaking Finals
1st Place – Matthew Yu
3rd Place – Vanessa Chen
Persuasive Reading Finals
1st – Matthew Yu
2nd – Grace Liu
Solo Acting Finals
1st Place – Amos Zhu
3rd Place – Henry Liu
Debating Finals
1st Place – Vanessa Chen
3rd Place – Grace Liu
Top Novice
Amos Zhu
9th Oldham Cup
In early April, numerous participants from all over the world took part in the 9th Oldham Cup. Congratulations to the following students for succeeding in this tournament.
Team Awards
Octofinalist Team
Jinjou Wang, Enya Fang, Amy Zhang, Jade Wang
Semifinalist Team
Angela Lu – Representing Team Canada
Top School Speakers
2nd Place Speaker – Jinjou Wang
12th Place Speaker – Enya Fang
14th Place Speaker – Amy Zhang
17th Place Speaker – Jade Wang
Top Junior Speakers
3rd Place Speaker – Jinjou Wang
6th Place Speaker – Enya Fang
7th Place Speaker – Amy Zhang
8th Place Speaker – Jade Wang
2023 World Scholar’s Cup Vancouver Round
We are so pleased with the successes of the following students at this year’s World’s Scholar’s Cup Vancouver Round.
6th Gold Global Qualifers
1st Trophy Team Writing
Silver – Team Debate
Jiyan Jane Fan, Olivia Zhang, Brian Deng
Global Round Qualifier
Silver – Team Debate
Chloe Zhang, Claire Li, Noble Wen
2023 Optimist Zone Competition
Congratulations to Emily, Jason, and Kingston for their great results at the Optimist Zone Competition. Emily and Jason headed to the District competition next!
1st Place
Emily Su
2nd Place
Jason Si
3nd Place
Kingston Wang
2023 Optimist District Oratorical Contest
During the final weekend of April, three FDT students travelled to Washington state to compete in the Optimist District Oratorical Contest. We are proud to share that they made up the top three, with Jason winning the competition and earning a $2500 cash prize! Kingston and Emily took home $1500 and $1000, respectively. Congratulations to all three, especially Jason who is headed to worlds in St. Louis this July!
1st Place
Jason Si
2nd Place
Kingston Wang
3nd Place
Emily Su
2023 Pacific Mock Trial
Congratulations to FDT students for their participation in the 2023 Pacific Mock Trial! Over 60 competitors partook in this event, making our students’ successes that much more impressive.
Witnesses
2nd – Sahithya Sathyaprasanna
4th – Serina Fan
8th – Fiona Li
Attorneys
7th – Alicia Adole
9th – Stella Mizak
FDT Spring Invitational 2023
FDT’s Spring 2023 internal debate tournament took place in April, with many novice debaters participating and doing so well!
Team Awards
Champion Team
Declan Carvahlo & Gwyneth Au
Second Place Team
Angela Wang & Tiger Wei
Third Place Team
Kai Yee & Lucia Diao
Speaker Awards
1st Place – Angela Wang
2nd Place – Akash Krishnamurthy
3rd Place – Declan Carvalho
4th Place – Winnie Huang
5th Place – Ethan Lin
6th Place – Kai Yee Li
7th Place – Gwyneth Au
8th Place – Jin Sagsong
9th Place – Gloria Ma
10th Place – Camille She