SHIFT is a student publication aimed to promote informative and critical discourse within the undergraduate architectural studies community at the University of Toronto. It is a textual space. dedicated to discussions about design issues, competitions, lectures, programs, exhibitions and projects, both locally and internationally. Not limited to architecture, SHIFT believes in academic exchanges across a broad spectrum of disciplines, from visual arts to photography to urban studies. Student opinions are the foundation of the publication, generating various perspectives to reconfigure the meaning of architecture.

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Article Submission Guidelines
SHIFT welcomes all art and design-related submissions. All text submissions must be in .doc format and only high quality images in black and white are accepted. Articles should be a maximum of 600 words in length.

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