Funding provided by: 2021

SASKATCHEWAN
                       ELOCUTION AND DEBATE
                                ASSOCIATION

  MID-SEASON UPDATE
  Debate Season 2020 - 2021

Funding provided by:

THANK YOU

Thank you to the many people who have made the 2020-2021 debate season a success
so far: volunteer judges, dedicated coaches, devoted parents, and energetic students! A
special thanks to our Debate Academy instructors, guest lecturers, and tournament staff
who met the challenge of providing quality online programming.

With the many changes to this season, we are providing this update package to let you
know of upcoming tournaments and programming, national events, and the current
season standings of our debaters.

As we take time to pause, reflect, physically distance and wear our masks; we wish you
rest filled holiday season. Our offices will be closed December 21st, 2020 to January 4th,
2021.

We look forward to seeing you and learning through debate in the new year!

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SEDA PROGRAMMING

UPCOMING SEDA TOURNAMENTS
All our remaining tournaments, including the Provincial Championships will be held
online. Please see the links below for more information.

TOURNAMENT 6: ENVIRONMENT AND
DEVELOPMENT
January 16th, 2021 - All Divisions - All impromptu
Registration open January 4th, 2021

TOURNAMENT 7: PHILOSOPY
January 30th, 2021 - All Divisions - All impromptu
Registration open January 15th , 2021

TOURNAMENT 8: LAW
February 13th, 2021 - All divisions - Prepared & impromptu
Registration open January 29th, 2021

E.C. LESLIE PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 13th & 14th 2021 - All divisions - Prepared & impromptu
Invitations will be sent mid to late February.

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SEDA PROGRAMMING

TOURNAMENT PREP WORKSHOPS
Tournament workshops will be offered the week preceding each of our January
tournaments. It will be an opportunity for students to prepare for the upcoming
tournament, ask questions, practice strategies, and improve skills.

Registration will open the first week of January.

DEBATE ACADEMY
A third term of Debate Academy will be offered this season! Like the previous terms,
there will be debate classes for students of all ages and experiences.

Debate Academy Term 3 will begin in February with registration opening mid-January.

E.C. LESLIE PROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
The E.C. Leslie Provincial Championships will be held Saturday March 13th and Sunday
March 14th 2021 on Zoom.

To be eligible to attend the Provincial Championships, debaters must meet the following
eligibility criteria:

   Paid all outstanding SEDA fees
   Participated in at least two tournaments in the current season, both in the same
   division
   Using the best two tournament scores:
       Eligible individual students are ranked by their best speaker points
       Eligible teams are ranked based on the team's combined speaker points

The final number of teams invited to the Championships is determined by the host's
capacity.

Invitations for provincials will be sent out by mid to late February 2021.

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NATIONAL EVENTS

NATIONAL DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Senior High Canadian National Debating Championships (Grades 10-12) will be
hosted virtually by Quebec Student Debating Association April 15th to 18th, 2021.

The Junior High Canadian National Debating Championships (Grades 7 - 9) will be
hosted by the Manitoba Debate Association. Date and location to be determined.

To be considered eligible for these tournaments:
   Debaters must have attended two tournaments in the current season.
   Teams must have a combined team average of at least 75%
   Combined team scores will be calculated as follows: 40% of the best scores from two
   regular tournaments and 60% of the Provincial Championships score.

Complete interprovincial qualification criteria can be found in our Board Policy
document here.

HIGH SCHOOL NATIONAL PUBLIC SPEAKING
CHAMPIONSHIPS
The high school National Public Speaking Championships will be hosted virtually by the
Manitoba Speech and Debate Association February 5th to 7th, 2021. Each participant will
have to take part in four events: impromptu speaking, persuasive speaking, interpretive
reading, and parliamentary debating.

There is no registration fee, but each competitor MUST provide a judge available for the
tournament

SEDA will provide preparation workshops in January for interested participants. Please
see the EVENT PAGE for more details

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MID-SEASON STANDINGS
The following pages show
the mid season debate
standings.
   Individual average is
   based on the two best
   speaker scores from the
   current season.
   Team average is a
   combination of the teams
   individual speaker score
   average.
   Students that competed
   with multiple partners
   are colour coded.
   Tables contain points, not
   percentages

* indicates only one
tournament attended

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UPDATED DOCUMENTS
We periodically review and update our policies and documentation.

Our Code of Conduct, Equity and Complaints procedures have been updated. If you
believe that SEDA's Code of Conduct has been violated at any SEDA events, please fill
out this form within one week of the incident. We will do our best to respond promptly.

Thank you for helping us keep our events safe and supportive.

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