Melissa Lee

Student Research Assistant
Groups: Students

Biography

Melissa Lee is a fourth-generation Chinese Canadian pursuing a major in English Literature Honours and a minor in Asian Canadian and Asian Migrations studies. Melissa is passionate about recovering her ancestor’s migration stories along with other Chinese migration and exclusion stories. As such, Melissa is interested in the influence of storytelling in community-building as well as a form of resistance against the colonial narratives that have, and continue to shape the perceptions of Chinese in what is currently called “Canada”.