Arbor: The U of T Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Journal

Arbor is a multidisciplinary undergraduate research journal for the arts and sciences, at the University of Toronto. Arbor is a student-run journal, seeking to publish, highlight, and celebrate the best of undergraduate arts and sciences research at the University of Toronto.

Following its inception by the Arts and Science Student Union (ASSU), Arbor has set out to promote the work of undergraduate students at one of the most distinguished research universities in the world. The University of Toronto is a premier venue for conversations about cross-disciplinary research and Arbor hopes to showcase the research talent of the university’s undergraduate students through an annual issue featuring the best from the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences.

Arbor is listed with International Standard Serial Number Canada.

ISSN 2563-4879

Key title: Arbor (Toronto. Print)

ISSN 2563-4887

Key title: Arbor (Toronto. Online)

If you are interested in submitting an article for consideration, the deadline will be posted shortly. Articles must have received an A- grade (80+) to be considered and may not be more than 3,000 words. Articles may be from any course in the humanities, social sciences, life sciences, and physical sciences may include papers, book reviews, policy memos, historiographical essays, or literature reviews. You may only submit one submission. Send your submission in .doc or .docx form to arbor.assu@gmail.com with the subject title “[Program] – Arbor Journal Submission” (Program categories: Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences). Please remove all identifying information from your submission to facilitate an anonymous review. Include your name, year, program of study, grade of the article, and the course the article was written for in the text of your email.

The editorial board of Arbor offers undergraduate students the opportunity to participate in the creation, design and editorial supervision of an academic journal. We welcome all students in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto who are interested in getting more involved with undergraduate scholarship to apply! You can contact us at: arbor.assu@gmail.com

Editorial Board 2023-2024

Co-Editors-in-Chief

Michelle Wong, 2nd Year Biochemistry Specialist

Firdaus Sadid, 2nd Year Economics and Biochemistry Major

Managing Editors

Patrick Kinchsular, 4th Year Linguistics Specialist  (Humanities)

James Jiang, 4th Year Political Science Specialist  (Social Sciences)

Benson Wu, 4th Year Computer Science Specialist & Molecular Genetics Major, Mathematics Minor (Sciences)

Associate Editors- Humanities

Olivia Cerello, 2nd Year Philosophy and English Major, Linguistics Minor

Yolanda Chen, 4th Year Philosophy Specialist, Physical & Environmental Geography Minor

Juliana Diradour, 3rd Year Political Science Major, Philosophy and French Minor

Juliano Gaglione, 4th Year English and History Major

Associate Editors- Social Sciences

Ozair Anwar Chaudhry, 3rd Year Work and Organization & Economics Major

Vansh Singh Ruhela, 6th Year Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Major, History & Philosophy of Science & Technology, and Critical Studies in Equity & Solidarity Minors

Jacob Marr, 3rd Year Finance & Economics Specialist and Public Policy Major

Cathalyn Francis, 4th Year Honours Bachelor of Arts, Specialist in Political Science and Major in Urban Studies

Associate Editors-Sciences

Franco Valencia, 2nd Year Neuroscience & Philosophy Major, Computer Science Minor

Mehakpreet Kaur Saggu, 2nd Year Neuroscience & Philosophy Major, Computer Science Minor

Maple Wang, 4th Year Biophysics Specialist, Biology and Chemistry Minor

Sara Ziadat, 3rd Year Pharmaceutical Chemistry Specialist, Mathematics Minor

Design Editor

Brisa Liu, 2nd Year English and French Major, Education & Society Minor