Maples Collegiate Prepared Debate 2025

North End Schools Debate League & Manitoba Speech and Debate Association

Maples Collegiate SR Debate Tournament

Grades 9-12

Time: Tuesday, November 25th, 2025.  Registration will be from 5 until 5:30 PM.

There will be 2 rounds. The tournament should end around 8:30 PM. Students should have eaten before attending – dinner will not be provided.  Snacks will be provided between rounds.

Location: Maples Collegiate, 1330 Jefferson Avenue. There will be parking available in the parking lot, as well as street parking. Please enter the school from the Maples side entrance (sign posted) and register in the math open area.

Resolution: This house would ban students from using AI in schools. 

This will be a Manitoban parliamentary debate. The parliamentary rules and other general tournament and debate information are available on the MSDA website (https://sites.google.com/site/manitobadebate/home) Speaking times will be a maximum of 6 minutes for constructive speeches and 3 minutes for rebuttals. There is no minimum time.  Points of information are allowed in the open category only. There will be open and novice categories. Novice debaters are students in their first year of interschool debating.

Schools may send a maximum of 3 teams. Depending upon numbers, it may be possible to send additional teams. If you would like to do so, please indicate this on the form and I will let you know on November 19th.  Schools must bring one judge per two-person team. 

Please register your school on or before November 19th. Coaches can register their teams by completing the Google form: https://forms.gle/6ncdugHHdqXWpP57A

Please email Kamal at kamal.dhillon@7oaks.org if you have any questions.