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The Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID generally, and SUCDI in French) is the national organization which governs and represents university-level debating and public speaking in Canada. It sanctions several official annual tournaments and represents Canadian debating domestically and abroad. Its membership consists of student debating unions, sanctioned by their respective universities, from across Canada. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1061x232, 73 KB) Summary Logo property of Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate, used with permission. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1061x232, 73 KB) Summary Logo property of Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate, used with permission. ... Representation of a university class, 1350s. ... 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Many prominent Canadians were university debaters, including former Canadian Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney, songwriter Leonard Cohen, entrepreneur Moses Znaimer, and journalist Ian Hanomansing. CUSID debaters have gone on to notable careers in business, government and academia, and the presidency of the organization is a highly sought-after position. Charles Joseph Joe Clark, PC, CC, AOE, MA, LLD (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980. ... Martin Brian Mulroney (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. ... Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Westmount, Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. ... Moses Znaimer (born 1942) is the founder and was the driving creative force behind Torontos first independent television station, Citytv. ... Ian Hanomansing is a television journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). ...

History

CUSID was founded in 1978. The regular tournaments held under its auspices, such as those at the University of Toronto (Hart House), the McGill University Debating Union, the University of Western Ontario Debating Society and the Queen's University Debating Union predate CUSID's formation by many decades. Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a public research university in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... McGill University is a publicly funded, co-educational research university located in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... The stage of Conron Hall at University College, the main debating chamber of the University of Western Ontario Debating Society Gallery at Conron Hall The University of Western Ontario Debating Society is the oldest student association at the University of Western Ontario, and is one of the largest and most... Queens University, generally referred to simply as Queens, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. ...

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Organization

CUSID is subdivided into three regional bodies, representing each region of Canada:

• CUSID East, for the Atlantic Provinces
• CUSID West, for Western Provinces, Territories and Alaska
• CUSID Central, for Ontario and Quebec

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CUSID sanctions several official championship tournaments every year, including:

• Canadian National Debating Championship
• Canadian National French Debating Championship
• Canadian British Parliamentary Debating Championship
• Central Canadian Debating Championship (Léger Cup) (administered by CUSID Central)
• Western Canadian Debating Championship (McGoun Cup) (administered by CUSID West)
• Atlantic Canadian Debating Championship (administered by CUSID East)
• Central and Atlantic Canadian Novice Debating Championships
• North American Debating Championship (with the American Parliamentary Debating Association)
• World Universities Debating Championship (or WUDC, with many other national debating organizations)

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Presidents of CUSID

The President of CUSID is the head of the organization and leads an elected executive team consisting of six national and regional officers. He or she also represents CUSID and Canadian debating interests inside and outside of Canada, is the Canadian representative on the World Universities Debating Council, as well as alternating annually with the APDA president to represent the Americas on the WUDC Executive Committee. He or she is elected annually by the member institutions at the National Championships. The American Parliamentary Debating Association (APDA) is one of two major intercollegiate parliamentary debating associations in the United States, the other being the National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA). ...

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Format

CUSID tournaments are held in Canadian Parliamentary format. This style emphasizes argumentation and rhetoric, rather than research and detailed factual knowledge. Each round consists of two teams – the government team and the opposition team – each of which consists of two debaters. (Teams alternate between government and opposition at tournaments.) The speaking times in CUSID Central and East are:

• Prime Minister (Constructive): 7 minutes
• Member of Opposition: 7 minutes
• Minister of the Crown: 7 minutes
• Leader of Opposition: 10 minutes
• Prime Minister (Rebuttal): 3 minutes

A new modification to the above times was introduced at the 2003 McGill University Winter Carnival Invitational called the Prime Minister's Rebuttal Extension (PMRE). The PMRE allows the government team the option to take a 6 minute PMC and 4 minute PMR and was designed to help compensate for the alleged inherent advantage to the opposition side. In most rounds, the resolution is “squirrelable”, meaning that the government team can propose any topic it wants for debate. The Prime Minister Constructive (PMC) lays out the topic for debate and presents arguments in favor of its position. The opposition team must then immediately present opposing arguments. New arguments can be presented in the first four speeches; they are prohibited in the rebuttal speeches.

“Points of Information” are generally permitted and expected in the standard Canadian Parliamentary style. With POIs, debaters may rise and attempt to ask a question of an opposing debater, who can choose whether to accept or refuse the question. It is generally considered good form to accept at least a few questions during a speech.

Member societies

The following are the Schedule A member societies of CUSID. There are other member societies with alternate status which are not listed here.

• Acadia University - Web Site
• Athabasca University
• Atlantic Baptist University
• Brandon University - Web Site
• Cape Breton University
• Carleton University - Web Site
• Concordia University
• Dalhousie University
• Dawson College
• Lakehead University
• Marianopolis College
• McGill University - Web Site
• McMaster University
• Memorial University
• Queen's University - Web Site
• Royal Military College of Canada
• Simon Fraser University
• University of Alaska
• University of Alberta - Web Site
• University of British Columbia - Web Site
• University of Calgary - Official Website of the UCDS
• University of Guelph - Web Site
• University of New Brunswick
• University of Ottawa - Web Site
• University of Regina
• University of Saskatchewan - Web Site
• University of Toronto Hart House, St. Michael's College, Trinity College, Victoria College
• University of Victoria
• University of Waterloo
• University of Western Ontario Debating Society - Web Site
• University of Windsor
• Wilfrid Laurier University
• York University, Osgoode Hall - Web Site

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See also

• List of Canadian debaters
• List of debaters

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External links

• Official Site