Wong is an associate professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, teaching Critical and Cultural Studies.
[5] forage, a second collection, was published in 2007; it explores how ecological crises relate to the injustices of the international political landscape.
Her poems show a close connection with nature and a support for local product, while expressing distaste for genetically modified foods.
There is also a poem, 'canola queasy' dedicated to Percy Schmeiser, the Saskatchewan farmer sued by Monsanto because he intentionally propagated genetically engineered canola that had blown into his fields.
[9] Wong's prose shares her experiences with watersheds in locations such as the Salish Sea,[10] the Peace Valley,[11][12] Wet'suwet'en territory,[13][14] and the Athabasca Rivershed.
[15] On 16 August 2019, Wong was sentenced to 28 days in jail for breaking an injunction after a peaceful protest against the Transmountain Pipeline, owned by the Canadian government.