Team Canada Newsletter
Debate is life - the rest is just prep time
Team Canada Dominates at Harvard College World's Schools
Team Canada had an extremely successful tournament at the recent Harvard College World Schools Invitational, which was held in Boston from March 8th to March 10th, 2019. The teams argued incredibly complex and fascinating debates, ranging from topics such as whether there should be a military intervention in Venezuela to topics about the merits of the decline of labour unions in the United States. A large congratulations is in order for all three teams, who all broke. One team, represented by Saara Meghji, Alice Chen, and Angelina Zhang made it to the octofinals; another team, represented by Jonathan Liu, Matthew Anzarouth, and Allan Lee made it to the quarterfinals; and the team to represent Canada at Worlds this year, composed of Angela Li, Matthew Farrell, Max Rosen, Naomi Panovka and Vivian Zhang won the tournament, winning every out round unanimously, including a riveting final against Team USA about whether post-colonial states should remove all immigration restrictions on migrants from former colonies.
It was an extremely successful tournament with many good memories, including members of the team learning how to use Uber, Naomi demolishing a whole bag of popcorn in a matter of moments, and much rejoice at Vivian's acceptance to Harvard. Team Canada is extraordinarily excited for World Schools and the training camp beforehand, which will be the next time the members will be reunite.
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Representing Canada at the 2019 WSDC in Sri Lanka, August 2019 are:
- Naomi Panovka (ON) attended the 2018 WSDC
- Matthew Farrell (NS)
- Angela Li (ON)
- Max Rosen (ON)
- Vivian Zhang (BC)
Alternates at the 2019 WSDC in Sri Lanka, August 2019 are:
- Matthew Anzarouth (QC)
- Allan Lee (BC)
Remaining Development Team for 2019 in no particular order are:
- Jonathan Liu (ON)
- Alice Chen (ON)
- Gabriel Di Bert (QC)
- Saara Meghji (BC)
- Angelina Zhang (BC)
Coach
- Jason Xiao (SK)