The Fulford Debate League

Current League President	The Country Day School
League Type	Independent School Independent school An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...  Debating Debate Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
Founded	1948
Location	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... , Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Membership	23 Independent School Independent school An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the... s

The Fulford League is a debating

Debate

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 league in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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 for independent school

Independent school

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s. The leagues membership includes some of the most prestigious schools in Canada. Competition

Competition

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s are held a junior division (Grades 9 and 10) and a senior division (Grades 11 and 12).

The Fulford League membership participates regularly in both local and international competitions and the league

Sports league

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 has produced debaters chosen to represent Canada at the World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships

World Individual Debating and Public Speaking Championships

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.

Awards

In addition to offering individual rank awards at annual tournament

Tournament

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s, the Fulford League also offers the Bryan Jones Trophy

Trophy

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(awarded to the junior school team with the highest score), the Fulford League Senior Trophy (awarded to the senior school team with the highest score), and the newly-introduced Aija Zommers Book Award (awarded to the top senior-level individual debater at the final Fulford Tournament of the year).