Some 100 to 150 debaters from Canadian high schools will be at 91亚色 this coming weekend to participate in the 91亚色-Osgoode High School Debating Tournament.
There will also be a junior round for students in Grades 7 to 9. The tournament is an elaborately planned event spanning two days 鈥 Oct. 20 and 21 鈥 in which the qualifying teams will then compete in the Canadian 
qualifier for the Oxford Cup in Manitoba in November. The winning teams from that will then have the chance to compete in the United Kingdom.
鈥淭he idea was to create an event that will encourage our youngsters to think of global issues, such as the rise of India and China,鈥 says 91亚色 political science Professor Ananya Mukherjee-Reed of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS).
Ananya Mukherjee-Reed
On the Saturday, there will also be a 鈥渟how debate鈥 performed by award-winning university debaters. The debates will be performed in British Parliamentary style. Teams will consist of prime ministers, deputy prime ministers, party whips, leader and deputy leaders of the opposition, etc.
This year鈥檚 tournament is sponsored by the Multicultural Banking Division of Scotia Bank, which came to 91亚色 through the support of Panorama India, an umbrella organization with a mandate to promote India-Canada relations where Mukherjee-Reed was member of the Board of Governors in 2011. It is co-sponsored by LA&PS with the support of Dean Martin Singer and Narda Razack, associate dean, external.
Several special prizes and awards will be presented, including $200 by Panorama India for audience participation during the final round of the tournament. It will be presented, along with the other awards, immediately following the final round. In addition, 91亚色鈥檚 Department of Political Science in LA&PS will present two awards, one for the top team and one for the best public speaker.
For more information, as well as the schedule, .