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
Impact Assessment Agency opens up public comments on contentious highway that will lead to First Nations, Ring of Fire
The proposal to the agency from the Webequie and Marten Falls First Nations was accepted and public comments will be accepted until March 23. The proposed highway will begin 400 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay and will cross the Attawapiskat River.
NDP slams Liberals for failing to close funding gap
It will take between 58 and 114 years to fix housing in First Nations communities at the current rate the federal government is investing, the NDP says.
New council to advance clean energy projects in remote Indigenous communities
At least 140 rural and remote Indigenous communities rely on diesel for electricity, according to a public dataset from Natural Resources Canada.
‘These are real people’: NDP MP slams Correctional Service Canada over systemic racism
“These are real people — why is it taking so long to address what is the basic human rights of people?” NDP MP Blake Desjarlais said in a public accounts committee meeting regarding the overrepresentation of Indigenous offenders.
‘Honouring and humbling’: Award winners celebrate Arctic Inspiration Prize recognition
The 11th annual Arctic Inspiration Prize was awarded at a ceremony in Ottawa to celebrate Indigenous excellence, resilience and innovation.
Leaders slam ‘disappointing’ exclusion from first ministers meeting on health care
First Nations leaders in Ontario are demanding greater inclusion and accountability from their treaty partners in the provincial and federal governments.
Feds to fund projects to research, track faraway sources of Arctic pollution
More than $2.5 million in federal money is now available for projects seeking to research and monitor plastic pollution and contaminants in the Arctic.
‘I thought the world was coming down’: Sen. Patrick Brazeau draws on personal struggle to fight for alcohol warning labels
Sen. Patrick Brazeau is candid about his struggle with alcohol — it’s what informs his new work in the Senate on alcohol warning labels and suicide prevention.
‘What a beautiful gift’: Ottawa organization celebrates legacy of renowned Ojibwe artist Carl Beam
An exhibition of Carl Beam's Charity Works collection carried on its original spirit. In 1999, proceeds of sales from the works supported Indigenous organizations, and in 2023, the same is taking place at Wabano.
Healing lodges, designed for Indigenous inmates, are failing the people they’re meant to rehabilitate, say prison reform advocates
After a death at a healing lodge managed by Correctional Service Canada, critics are calling for the return of the original vision of the lodges that are Indigenous-led and community-managed.