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:

https://schoolsdebate.com/

Canadian Student Debating Federation

http://csdf-fcde.ca/

Debate Association of New England Independent Schools:

http://daneis.org/wordpress/

Provincial Debate Websites:

BC:

http://www.bcdebate.org/

Alberta:

http://www.albertadebate.com/

Saskatchewan:

http://www.saskdebate.com/

Manitoba:

https://sites.google.com/site/manitobadebate/home

Ontario Student Debating Union:

http://www.osdu.org/

Quebec SDA:

http://www.qsda.org/

Nova Scotia Debate Society materials:

http://www.debatingsociety.ca/materials

New Brunswick:

https://debate-nb.ca/

Newfoundland

https://www.facebook.com/nlsdu/

International Sources:

Debatabase:

http://idebate.org/debatabase

Adult debate league in Toronto:

https://www.torontodebating.com/

American Parliamentary Debate Association

http://www.apdaweb.org/

Cross Examination Debate Association (US)

http://cedadebate.org/

Debaters Association of Victoria (Australia):

http://www.dav.com.au/index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=164&op=page&SubMenu=

Australian materials:

http://monashdebaters.com/

http://www.learndebating.com

Particular style sessions:

BP Training videos:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

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:

https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21741543-science-looks-subtleties-semiotics-how-change-emotions-word?frsc=dg%7Ce

Gwynne Dyer:

http://gwynnedyer.com/archives/

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives:

https://www.policyalternatives.ca/