Melody Ma

Where this writer stands

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Recent work

• Vancouver’s ‘Spinning Chandelier’ shows our public art system is broken | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 12, 2019
• ‘Upzoning’ Might Mean More Apartments — But It’ll Wreck Neighbourhoods | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 4, 2019
• Why the ‘good immigrant’ trope isn’t the answer to racist op-ed in Vancouver Sun | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 8, 2019
• I’ve lived the racism seen in that viral Vancouver parking-lot video — many Asians have | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 26, 2019
• The cost of clean air: Wildfire season will worsen inequality in B.C. | The StarOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 25, 2019
• Canada’s Pride, the Canadarm, Now Has a Massive US Company in Its Orbit | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 9, 2019
• Cities Aren’t ‘Unwritten,’ Despite Developers’ Ego-Driven Attempts to Rewrite Culture | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 15, 2018
• The Real Solution to Vancouver’s #CouncilSoWhite | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 11, 2018
• Melody Ma: Amazon not a 'big win' for the Vancouver technology sectorOpinion · Vancouver Sun · May 4, 2018
• Melody Ma: $30-million take from empty-homes tax is mark of failureOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Apr 29, 2018
• Opinion: Marpole protest reflects historical Asian stigma of drug usersOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Jan 5, 2018
• Opinion: Do 'wants' of Canadian millennials trump 'needs' of millennials in Asia?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 27, 2017
• Opinion: Do 'wants' of Canadian millennials trump 'needs' of millennials in AsiaOpinion · Vancouver Sun · Dec 27, 2017
• Let’s not make this coding debate the B.C. government’s new LNG strategyOpinion · The Globe and Mail · Jan 19, 2016