2023 BC British Parliamentary
Provincials Championship
The BC British Parliamentary Provincials 2023 Championship took place in October, and our students could not have been more impressive! Special shoutouts to Emily Zhao and Eva Wang who were Senior Champions, and Eric Wang for being named Junior Top Speaker. We are incredibly proud of you all! As you may know, this tournament leads to British Parliamentary Nationals.
Team Awards
Senior Champion Team
Emily Zhao & Eva Wang
Senior Finalists
Kennedy Kopke
Junior Finalists
Eric Su & Eric Wang
Evangeline Lin & Grace Liu
Miranda Sun
Senior Qualifiers
Kennedy Kopke
Emily Zhao & Eva Wang
Emi Ando
Annie Zhao
Junior Qualifiers
Evangeline Lin & Grace Liu
Miranda Sun
Speaker Awards
Senior Speaker Awards
2nd Place Speaker – Kennedy Kopke
4th Place Speaker – Emily Zhao
7th Place Speaker – Max Chen
8th Place Speaker – Jasmine Zhou
11th Place Speaker – Jason Song
12th Place Speaker – Ryan Li
13th Place Speaker – Jerry Song
14th Place Speaker – Zac Weinberg
19th Place Speaker – Eva Wang
Junior Speaker Awards
Champion Speaker – Eric Wang
2nd Place Speaker – Eric Su
4th Place Speaker – Grace Liu
7th Place Speaker – Miranda Sun
9th Place Speaker – Evangeline Lin
10th Place Speaker – Flora Pan
11th Place Speaker – Stephanie Lee
16th Place Speaker – James Wang
McGill High School Debating Championship 2023
FDT sent several teams to Montreal to participate in McGill’s annual BP tournament, and we had some incredible results. With over 200 participants, McGill is one of the most competitive events our students attend. Congratulations to all of our representatives, we are very proud of your successes!
Team Awards
Open Semi-Finalist Team
Amy Zhang & Jade Wang
Junior Champion Team
Henglin Xu
Individual Awards
Speaker Awards
3rd Place Speaker – Andy Yu
23rd Place Speaker – Amy Zhang
Junior Speaker Awards
5th Place Speaker – Henglin Xu
International Independent Schools’
Public Speaking Competition 2023
Many FDT students competed at the International Independent Schools’ Public Speaking Competition (IISPSC). We had an incredible outcome – a big congratulations to Jaiden Ahuja and Enya Fang, who will be representing Team Canada at Worlds in Australia!
Top Speakers (Advancing to World’s)
Jaiden Ahuja
Enya Fang
Individual Overall Awards
3rd Place – Jaiden Ahuja
6th Place – Enya Fang
12th Place – Michelle Liu
Final Results
News Podcast
3rd Place – Sarah Malik
After Dinner
2nd Place – Maryam Joulaie
9th Place – Enya Fang
Impromptu Speaking
4th Place – Jaiden Ahuja
5th Place – Zac Weinberg
Interpretive Reading
5th Place – Jaiden Ahuja
Debate
1st Place – Enya Fang
3rd Place – Michelle Liu
8th Place – Grace Liu
12th Place – Raine Gurton
Persuasive Speaking
4th Place – Matthew Yu
6th Place – Jaiden Ahuja
7th Place – Sarah Malik