Matteo Cimellaro
Journalist | Ottawa |
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About Matteo Cimellaro
Matteo Cimellaro is a Cree/settler writer and journalist who currently covers urban Indigenous communities in and around Ottawa thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
Honours & Awards
Finalist for the JHR / CAJ Emerging Indigenous Journalist Award for 2022 and 2023
Digital Publishing Awards' Best Topical Reporting: Climate Change 2024 nominee
Winner of the 2024 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards Justice category
Indigenous friendship centres say they can't handle the costs of climate crisis and urbanization
Friendship centres, which serve the needs of urban Indigenous people, are increasingly important in responding to climate disasters
Despite promises, Indigenous Peoples struggle for a seat at the table at global biodiversity conference
While nation-states continue to negotiate at the international biodiversity talks, Indigenous Peoples continue to push for greater inclusion.
Raising the health and clean energy bar on First Nations
The Raven Indigenous Outcome Fund has embraced a new model for funding that eschews the “pan-Canadian” approach of other programs, which are not developed for the nuances of particular communities and often leave Indigenous nations pigeonholed.
B.C. First Nation launches court challenge over LNG plant effect on salmon
A First Nation in northern British Columbia has launched a judicial review against the Ksi Lisims LNG project, citing threats to the salmon populations that Gitanyow citizens rely upon.
Toronto cyclists mount resistance to Ford's war against bike lanes
NDP MPP Jessica Bell says Ford is playing a game of distraction to fuel a culture war pitting drivers against cyclists to avoid attention to the provincial government’s failures on housing, healthcare and traffic congestion.
Churchill at a Crossroads: looking forward from the past
The prospective conservation area would stretch down the western edge of Hudson Bay on Manitoba’s Arctic coastline, producing an increase in resources, regulations and support to ensure a healthy coast in the sensitive low-arctic waters. Churchill, along with several First Nations, will decide the project's fate, government officials and environmental campaigners told Canada’s National Observer.
Climate survivors demand more support for wildland firefighters
Saulnier and other climate survivors delivered a petition calling for more support for wildland firefighters to legislators on Parliament Hill Wednesday.
Quebec First Nation wins court case to quash “Gold Rush” mining policy
A First Nation in Quebec has won a case in the Superior Court over free entry mining claims.
Greens could be tie-breakers on B.C. climate policy
If the BC Greens end up with the balance of power in British Columbia and choose to support the NDP, they are likely to push hard on two main climate policy issues — the consumer carbon price and liquid natural gas expansion.
How will Indigenous voters cast their ballots in the upcoming provincial elections?
But there are many ways Indigenous voters can and do — or do not — get engaged in politics.