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Home / 2019 / March / 20 / UBC students discuss pipelines in annual student debate

UBC students discuss pipelines in annual student debate

March 20, 2019

Roger Watts Debate: Be It Resolved That Canada Needs More Pipelines

Students face off at sixth annual Roger Watts Debate 

What: Roger Watts Debate: Be It Resolved That Canada Needs More Pipelines
Who: UBCO student debaters
When: Wednesday, March 27 starting at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Mary Irwin Theatre, Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Avenue, Kelowna

Students, faculty and the public are invited to watch UBC Okanagan’s top debaters tackle what may be the most controversial issue in Canada today—Be It Resolved That Canada Needs More Pipelines.

Carl Hodge, a UBCO political science professor, says the topic was easy to choose as it’s on the minds of most Canadians.

“Almost everybody feels strongly in one way or another about the issue,” says Hodge. “It involves everything. It involves environmental issues, it involves the importance of oil and gas to the Canadian economy and it involves interprovincial and federal-provincial relations.”

Student debaters will be judged by a panel of community judges and a $1,000 prize will be awarded for first place, with $500 for the runners-up.

The debates are named after the late Roger Watts, a respected member of the Okanagan’s legal community, and a skilled orator and strong advocate.

This event takes place March 27 at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. It is free to the public and supported by donors and community sponsors.

To register or find out more, visit: rogerwattsdebate2019.eventbrite.ca

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