Oceania Chee

Oceania Chee

Oceania (they/them) is a student and a creative currently living in “Vancouver”, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Their identity as a nonbinary immigrant from China and Malaysia informs their deeply-held policy interests in housing and food security, immigration, and intersectional justice. Oceania has been named an IMES Scholar at the University of British Columbia where they are currently pursuing a BA in Political Science, through which they wish to gain the skills and resources to achieve these goals. They also work as a disability care attendant for a professor and academic in the DTES, and volunteer their time with Community Canteen, a mutual aid distributor in the city. Apart from this, Oceania is also a regular contributor to CiTR’s Discorder Magazine and a lifelong writer, and is more recently dabbling in knit and crochet garment-making. In their free time, Oceania can be found watching an old movie, going to a live music show, or taking a long walk through Chinatown.