Faith Aborode, Deborah Koko and Caprice Strgar all attend Assumption College Catholic High School in Windsor, Ont. They performed poems they wrote on CBC's Windsor Morning alongside their history teacher Ryan Laporte.
With the nadir in civic discourse at last year’s U.S. presidential debates fresh in their minds, high school students from across Ontario are preparing to receive an antidote by competing in a high-minded tournament of ideas.
Students on 20 teams from 16 schools are getting acquainted with the ways an “ethics bowl” differs from the debating competitions many of them have previously taken part in, and participants say the exercise holds valuable lessons for those in positions of power, too.
In a typical debate, “the way you win isn t necessarily by trying to get to the truth, but rather by rhetorical mastery, or trickery, one-upmanship over your opponent,” Jeffrey Senese, president of the Ontario High School Ethics Bowl, explained to a group of students from Assumption College Catholic High School in Windsor this week.
COVID-19 case reported at Windsor Catholic high school
A student at Assumption College Catholic High School in Windsor has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release from the board Wednesday.
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The Catholic school board has 12 active COVID-19 cases Wednesday. (Sanjay Maru/CBC) comments
A student at Assumption College Catholic High School in Windsor has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a news release from the board Wednesday.
All schools in Windsor-Essex were closed Monday, but the board said in a statement Wednesday that it wants to continue to keep the community informed of cases.