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
As the world negotiates international deals, Indigenous Peoples navigate a space ‘somewhere in the between’
For a long time, Indigenous Peoples remained isolated and disempowered in the “straitjacket” of nation states, but because of global Indigenous organizing, there's been change.
Canada to celebrate first National Ribbon Skirt Day in January
The first National Ribbon Skirt Day will become a reality one year after Isabella Kulak was shamed for wearing her ribbon skirt to her Saskatchewan school.
The world’s plan to protect nature recognizes Indigenous rights, but worries over green colonialism remain
Indigenous rights and territories were recognized in the agreement, but because protection areas will be under the purview of the state, there are worries that land grabs may happen under the guise of conservation.
COP15 roundup: What did Ottawa announce at the UN biodiversity conference in Montreal?
For Canada, there's no path to us protecting at least 30 per cent of our lands and waters without the involvement of Indigenous peoples, Guilbeault said in an interview with Canada’s National Observer.
Will Indigenous territories be recognized as a form of conservation at COP15?
Indigenous traditional territories as a clearly defined category within the 30x30 framework are threatened by western nations, sources tell Canada’s National Observer.
Indigenous nations in the Amazon urge Canada to strengthen mining rules
Indigenous Peoples in the Global South are calling out Canada for letting mining companies devastate their ancestral territories in the Amazon.
The heart of UN biodiversity talks beats at the Indigenous Village, but will it give life to Indigenous rights in COP negotiations?
It's unclear if free, prior and informed consent or Indigenous rights and title will make it into the final text at COP15. Either way, Indigenous Peoples will continue to do the work that makes biodiversity thrive.
The first ever march at a COP biodiversity conference was Indigenous-led
Over the next week of negotiations, battles remain over targets around Indigenous sovereignty and self-governance, and free prior and informed consent. Will the message of the march be heard by COP negotiators?
Indigenous leaders call hypocrisy on nations speaking for them at COP15
Indigenous nations remain outside of formal COP15 negotiations. It's a parallel to how nation states take from Indigenous lands without consent and consultation. But Indigenous nations are clear: they want the land back.
Assembly of First Nations passes emergency resolution to oppose Alberta, Saskatchewan sovereignty acts, citing treaty rights challenges
First Nations voiced concern the Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty acts could override their treaty relationships with the Crown, which remain federal obligations.