Matteo Cimellaro
Journalist | Ottawa |
English
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
New federal Indigenous policy framework high on respect for Indigenous knowledge in consultation, but nil on veto power
The new Indigenous policy framework provides a road map for the mandates required around bills C-68 and C-69, which strengthened Indigenous knowledge and collaboration in impact assessments of development projects.
Algonquin horticulturist helps Ottawa church’s garden project grow into Indigenous learning centre
The project first materialized as a modest food security project: an Algonquin horticulturalist and members of the First Unitarian Congregation started a garden in the back of the church and hosted lessons on the intersection of food security, foraging and climate change.
‘Our country’s history is complicated – but you don’t make it better by ignoring it or glossing over it’: Murray Sinclair
It was a day that centered survivors and their stories, but also demanded that reconciliation march forward each and every day.
Bill to create national reconciliation council set to pass second reading — but not without House gamesmanship, Miller says
The bill is a response to the Truth and Reconciliation calls to action 53 and 56 to create a national council that would act as an independent watchdog.
National community groups partner to advance reconciliation
The top-down approach was inspired by grassroots local affiliates that were already working together, like in Saskatoon, Sask.
Indigenous youth leaders call for a Truth and Reconciliation Day that remembers history, honours survivors and celebrates cultural resilience
Reconciliation is as much a personal journey as it is a collective one, said Taylor Behn-Tsakoza, co-chair of the Assembly of First Nations Youth Council.
How an Indigenous tourism training program allowed Paula Naponse and her family tell their story through coffee beans and beads
The Beandigen Café, a coffee-pun play on the Anishnaabemowin word biindigen, or welcome, opened in November 2021 and serves as a storefront for Indigenous artisans and a community space for beading circles, Indigenous open mic nights, and NDN taco pop-ups.
March to Parliament Hill brings youth, labour and Indigenous advocacy under the banner of climate action
Youth activists — some not even old enough to vote — led marches on Parliament Hill Friday, demanding the government do more to address the climate crisis as part of a global day of action.
Urban Indigenous populations continue to grow: 2021 census
The urban Indigenous population continues to grow in large urban centres, and they sometimes outpace census numbers, Ontario-based Tungasuvvingat Inuit says.
First Nations in B.C. urge feds, province to adopt climate action plan
The First Nations Climate Initiative released its new climate action plan, which calls for increased carbon offsets and trading and expanding renewables but stops short of calling for an end to fossil fuels.