Emilie Torwalt (She/They)
VP Internal, 2022-2023
What year are you in and what are you studying?
What is a favourite quote of yours and who is it by?
What’s one of your favourite UADS memories?
How long have you been debating for?
3rd year: Majoring in Biological Sciences, Minoring in Political Sciences, and Certificate in Biological Research
What’s one thing you’re incredibly passionate about?
Horses — caring for them, rescuing them, and competing with them!
4 years.
My parents told me I was argumentative and to take it out elsewhere
What led you to try debate for the first time?
What do you love most about UADS?
The game — I love debating and all the good it brings as well as how it advances important discourses.
What’s one piece of advice you’d give to new debaters?
Using one word, what’s a topic you could forever debate about?
Breaking 1st Hugill Cup 2022 then falling down all the stairs in front of everyone. (Fariha’s comments: yikes!)
PETA
You’re held over the Darvaza gas crater and will only be safely released if you can sing all the lyrics to a song correctly. What is that song?
Be kind to yourself, and don’t judge yourself based off of the people around you!!
Riptide — Vance Joy
Do you have any weird interests?
What’s a moment in your life that has stuck with you?
If your friends had to describe you using 3 words, those words would be…
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” — from Barbie Princess Charm School
Quirky, protective, compassionate
When I won a Spruce Meadows competition with my horse right after I rehabbed her from injury!
Yes. Bridge. The card game that no one under 45 knows how to play! Also disaster breakdowns on YouTube :)
