Useful Links
Societies to promote debate exist nationally and in most provinces. Below are some of the more useful websites (although a complete list of the Canadian sites is available from CSDF). Quebec and Manitoba have excellent debate resources, and maintain current information about upcoming national and international events. We participate occasionally in the American DANEIS organisation of which we are a part.
World Schools Debate:
Canadian Student Debating Federation
Debate Association of New England Independent Schools:
Provincial Debate Websites:
BC:
Alberta:
Saskatchewan:
Manitoba:
https://sites.google.com/site/manitobadebate/home
Ontario Student Debating Union:
Quebec SDA:
Nova Scotia Debate Society materials:
http://www.debatingsociety.ca/materials
New Brunswick:
Newfoundland
https://www.facebook.com/nlsdu/
International Sources:
Debatabase:
Adult debate league in Toronto:
https://www.torontodebating.com/
American Parliamentary Debate Association
Cross Examination Debate Association (US)
Debaters Association of Victoria (Australia):
http://www.dav.com.au/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=164&op=page&SubMenu=
Australian materials:
http://monashdebaters.com/
Particular style sessions:
BP Training videos:
Argumentation and critical thinking tutorial:
http://www.humboldt.edu/act/HTML/tests.html
Glen Whitman’s debate page:
http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/dgwdebate.html
Information of general interest (with a special debate application)
from The Washington Post
40 maps that explain the world:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/08/12/40-maps-that-explain-the-world/
40 more maps that explain the world:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world/
Interesting points about how people are convinced and the implications for politics:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/current-from-cbc-radio-highlights/id151487761?mt=2
Economist article on how word choice (noun or verb) makes language more persuasive:
Gwynne Dyer:
http://gwynnedyer.com/archives/
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/