Newest Team Canada Debate Members
Making it onto the Canadian National Debate Team is the highest honour of debate in our country. FDT is extremely proud to announce that the following students have been selected to join the 2023/2024 team:
A massive congratulations to Jin Zhou, Jinjou Wang, Leo Zhu, Michelle Liu, Neil He, and Vanessa Zhang! These students will join returning members Barry Gu and Summit Kawakami, who are already on the team.
We also want to congratulate all FDT students who advanced to the tryout, as we know how hard you worked.
2023 High School US National Debate Tournament
Team Awards
Double Octo-Finalists
George Xie, Jason Song, Jerry Song, Nathan He, Neil He
Triple-OctoFinalists
Amy Zhang, Anita Pan, Eric Su, Eva Wang, Grace Liu
Team Canada Summer National Debate Open 2023
Open Awards
Finalist Team
Ann Wang & Jinjou Wang
Semi-Finalist Team
Kennedy Kopke & Laiba Nasir
Champion Speaker – Jinjou Wang
2nd Speaker – Ann Wang
3rd Speaker – Kennedy Kopke
8th Speaker – Laiba Nasir
Junior Awards
Champion Team
Sabrina Liu & Iris Wang
Finalist Team
Matthew Yu & Zac Weinberg
Finalist Team
Alina Yuan & Simone Lin
13th Speaker – Iris Wang
17th Speaker – Sabrina Liu & Simone Lin (Tied)
22nd Speaker – Evangeline Lin & Grace Liu (Tied)