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
Ottawa Community Housing inks benefits agreement, collaborates with nearby First Nation on new development
Indigenous communities need more than free-market solutions to systemic inequities. Ottawa Community Housing's benefits agreement, alongside a new development project in partnership with Pikwakanagan, will offer some solutions to Indigenous communities.
Indigenous clean energy initiative charges up for a second round, but with fewer participants and less funding
Ten participants are eligible for up to $1,525,000 each in funding over three years, for a total of just over $15 million, to support clean energy projects in remote Indigenous communities.
Film about boreal deforestation set to screen on the Hill for lawmakers
Old-growth logging in the boreal forest, which stretches across the country to every ocean, is quickly turning Canada’s forests into a carbon source, rather than a carbon sink.
After decades of work by Indigenous community activists, Winnipeg is finally receiving funding for a 24/7 shelter
The around-the-clock safe space for Indigenous women, girls and gender-diverse folks fleeing gender-based violence will save lives, advocates say.
Indigenous health clinic in Ottawa urges hospitals to confront racism in their ranks
Wabano wants the health-care system in Ottawa and surrounding areas to take ownership and confront the racism Indigenous Peoples face regularly at hospitals and walk-in clinics.
First Nation in Yukon calls for public inquiry after court orders release of sex offender back to community
Chief Dana Tizya-Tramm said his community was not properly consulted about the return of Christopher Schafer, who has a criminal history of violence and sexual assault.
Inmate advocate cries foul after organization shut out of justice ministers meeting
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, like the Native Women's Association of Canada, was shut out of a meeting with justice ministers, leaving holes in advocacy when Indigenous prisoners make up 32 per cent of the inmate population.
‘We shouldn’t have to beg for safety’: MP slams feds as money pledged to support Indigenous women and girls remains unused
Less than two per cent of a $742-million fund allocated by the feds to prevent violence against Indigenous women, girls and two-spirited peoples has been spent.
‘Like a slap in the face’: Native Women’s Association of Canada shut out of justice ministers meetings
In June, NWAC gave the federal government a failing grade in its report card of the federal government’s National Action Plan on MMIWG2S.
Feds and Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami announce $11-million investment in efforts to prevent suicide
The federal government and national Inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) announced a new investment on Oct. 6 to help prevent suicide among Inuit. The funding adds to ongoing work, including culturally specific first aid and a partnership with Kids Help Phone.