In response to the open letter penned/signed by many public intellectuals/writers on the Steven Galloway case…. (see here for story) and my general disappointment that that was the letter they decided […]
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Melissa Fong: Join me: #RaiseTheRates #WelfareFoodChallenge2016
One year away from blogging and I decided to open my account back up to keep me accountable for the 5th Annual Welfare Food Challenge, a challenge to get us […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Decibel 2015 Review- #Db2015 @dBFestival #ConsentIsSexy
Seattle’s Decibel festival, founded in 2003 by Detroit native Sean Horton, is one of the premier techno and electronic music festivals worldwide. I was only able to go for one […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Why White Supremacy & Anti-Blackness should matter to ASIANS: On Dylan Roof’s racist manifesto
I continue to be without words… and with so much rage towards the Charleston AME shooting. And Jon Stewart put it well- some of us are left without words- not […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Henry Yu on #WhiteSupremacy in Canada
"Canada had a history of #WhiteSupremacy similar to South Africa-building its immigration policy around White Canada" pic.twitter.com/wcNdWGogqZ — Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) May 25, 2015 "Canada had a history of #WhiteSupremacy […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Gregor Robertson & Vision Vancouver publicly rejects rezoning moratorium in Chinatown, twice; LaPointe and Meena Wong say they support moratorium until revitalization plan properly assessed
Mayor Robertson, at a Vision Press conference, said he would not support a moratorium on the rezoning of 105 Keefer street. NPA Mayoral Candidate Kirk LaPointe and COPE Mayoral Candidate […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Discipline & Punish: Christopher Skinner’s murder representing the bodies of gay men (Originally posted Oct. 25, 2009)
“Now media is declaring that the hate-crime label is misguided. But regardless, we can still ask the same question- was he attacked because he was gay? Would his attackers acted the same if the person hailing a cab was in a different body? A body that didn’t appear as an
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Revisiting Chinatown Revitalization: Oct 8 at 8pm at Centre A
October 8 Program will start at 8pm Centre A, 229 East Georgia Street. FREE Event. RSVP here. Chinatown—the community, its buildings, its urban plan—is one of the most significant cultural […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: #VIFF2014 Everything Will Be Interview with Director Julia Kwan & TICKET GIVEAWAY
Vancouver’s Chinatown at a crossroads: A conversation with filmmaker Julia Kwan I had the opportunity to sit down with Julia Kwan, the Director and writer for Everything Will Be, which premiered […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Female DJs tackle gender bias: Electronic music artists want equal recognition for their skills
I wrote a rad article on female representation in electronic music here on Ricochet. The article features Decibel Festival 2014 and I am giving away a pair of tickets to […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: BING THOM in Tea Talks 2: Special Members Event
Centre A, Tea Talks #2: Bing Thom, Bing Thom Architects Tuesday, September 23, 2014 Register here. From the days of the Columbia-Quebec Connector protests and the birth of […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: News: Speaking event: On Municipal Socialism- ‘War of Position’ in Vancouver?
RSVP here Free Lecture at SFU Downtown Social Housing under Municipal Socialism Wednesday, July 16, 7:00 p.m., SFU Harbour Ctr. Room 7000 I'm speaking at SFU @InstituteHum event: Theme will […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: A Survivor’s Totem Pole to symbolize resistance, persistence, and inclusion in Vancouver
Reposted from georgia straight This year, most of us engaged in the typical Canada Day celebrations, which included parades, fireworks, and the live entertainment that was peppered across the city. […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Hiatus
Apologies- I guess I should have given notice on the blog first- I seem to have received a flurry of messages confused why I disabled the site: I am on […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Temporary Foreign Worker Program- “lifted the suspension of previously approved LMOs and introduced a new program regime.”
June 20, 2014. Dear Business Owner, Subject: Reconfirmation of previously suspended labour market opinions(s)- System file number(s): 8059947 On May 1, 2014, a letter was sent informing you of the […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Piketty Forum- Hosted by @ricochet_en @CCPA_BC @InstituteHum
A great forum- Twitter tag #PikettyForum Here was the winning tweet for the night: Increasing inequality IS capitalism functioning properly. #PikettyForum @IglikaIvanova @ricochet_en @CCPA_BC @SFUHumInstitute— Melissa Fong (@internationalmf) June 26, […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Beedie Living debilitating Chinese community and voice
I went to an open house of the new proposal by Beedie Living at Keefer and Columbia in Chinatown. I have heard several complaints with the architecture, built form and […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Being a Feminist means…
Here is a snippet- but of course, there is so much more: *I don’t play the game of regulating who is or who isn’t a Feminist. I don’t own the […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Dear Meghan Murphy, I respectfully disagree with your assessment of Ricochet and Bill C-36
Dear Meghan Murphy, I understand your concerns about the Editorial Collective- let me assure you that there have been discussions from the start of Ricochet to be representative of equity-politics […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: #TeaTalks with Todd Wong: Episode 1: Dragon Boat, Festivals and Chinatown
I’m going to be facilitating a pretty rad series in Chinatown called “Tea Talks“ In the first episode I talk to Todd Wong of “Gung Haggis Fat Choy” about the […]
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