Ming Wong ™️

Give the gift of meme this holiday season. Follow #SecretCanada on Instagram. Come for the laughs, stay to learn which provinces actually respond to FOIs within 30(ish) days! (Hint: Not a lot of them.) instagram.com/secretcanadafo…

Secret Canada took 2nd prize for outstanding investigative reporting at the international Fetisov Journalism Awards! We are so proud of this project and are grateful for the recognition. File those FOIs friends. (The SecretCanada.com database is being constantly updated)

It's perfect for carrying the weekend paper, along with some groceries or baguettes or croissants or fresh loaves of bread or scones or financiers or

Made out of recycled materials, this classic tote is roughly 15” x 16”, and features art from long-time First Person illustrator, @montadrew.

When I was designing the brand identity for #SecretCanada, I mocked the logo up on a tote bag to show that the brand has legs. Never did I think we would actually make one. Big props go to @robyndoolittle for championing the idea (and fulfilling the sold out SC tote orders.) /1

It's that time of year again. If you're waiting in line at the #AritziaWarehouseSale2024, why not revisit our feature from last year

📢New fellowship alert!📢 The Narwhal is excited to offer a new art and design fellowship for early to mid-career illustrators and/or designers who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour. Deadline to apply: June 30, 2024 (11:59 p.m. PT) thenarwhal.ca/2024-bipoc-art…

When Yano curated an exhibit at @jamuseum for HK's 40th, and she was struck by how much it meant to fans to see their cherished childhood items on display. “As an anthropologist, that’s what moves me,” she said. Even if the item is corporate and mass-produced, "it says a lot."

Hello Kitty expert Christine R. Yano had great insights on what makes the Sanrio cat so successful, from the disarming power of kawaii to HK's intentional, aestheticized blankness, which I couldn't stop thinking about when I saw this seating at the cafe

Last month, hundreds lined up on the opening day of the Hello Kitty Cafe in downtown Vancouver, the first ever in Canada. I wrote about the adorably inescapable global dominance of #HelloKitty, as she marks her 50th anniversary. theglobeandmail.com/life/style/art…

In our Freedom of Information Journalism category, the winners are… 🏆 @tom_cardoso @robyndoolittle @CarysMills @amiham_singh @_mingwong_, Globe and Mail The project: theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… Congrats, Globies! #cajawards

@HoserLibrarian @globeandmail Happy anniversary, Steph!

Today is my fifteen-year anniversary @globeandmail I can't bother with an estimate, but it has been a small mountain of news research questions. Loved every minute of working with the best reporters and editors in the biz!

Can't wait to celebrate all of these amazing projects at the NNAs. Special 🍾 to the #SecretCanada team — @tom_cardoso @amiham_singh @CarysMills @_mingwong_ @hyfen @daniwebb_ @RenataDAliesio — who leaned all the way in on a project about our country's broken FOI system.

@david2vec You are welcome, David 🙇‍♀️

🎁For all 89 of you viewing this tweet, here's a gift link to my emoji feature on why so many people interpret emojis (like 🙃) differently theglobeandmail.com/gift/1feb777c0…

@kristenequan @globeandmail 👉🥹👈

Such a fun @globeandmail interactive feature from @_mingwong_ about emojis and why so many are often misinterpreted (i.e. like this one 🙃) Officially starting the campaign to get more of Ming's writing in the pages/pixels of The Globe 🙋‍♀️

@alishakapishaa 🥺🙏

@_mingwong_ This is gorgeous! I spent a glorious 30 min with this masterpiece. 🤌🏽

How it started: How it’s going: theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

✨ design + development: @j_agius, ✨editing by Domini Clark and @itsmarkmedley

Some emojis may be universally understood, but others are major material for misinterpretation theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…