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About Matteo Cimellaro

Matteo Cimellaro is a Cree/settler writer and journalist who currently writes about youth and young people in and around Toronto, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.

He writes on arts, policing, environmentalism, and Indigenous issues. If you have a tip for a story, please send to [email protected]

12 Articles

Student-led divestment group turns up heat on McMaster University

The Ontario university has made efforts to partially divest, but campus activists say McMaster remains opaque on how it plans to fully part ways with its fossil fuel investments.
News, Next Gen Insider | March 25th 2022

Ukrainian-Canadian students send love and supplies to their homeland

From cultural events to procuring bulletproof vests and sending supplies, Russia's attacks on Ukraine have upended the lives of Ukrainian-Canadian students. 
News, Next Gen Insider | March 10th 2022

Canada refugee program offers glimmer of hope for Ukrainians fleeing war

Many Ukrainian-Canadians have families who have sought refuge in Poland, Romania and Hungary and will have to wait for days, maybe weeks, to have their visas processed.
News | March 8th 2022

Rimmy Jhajj carries a childhood of civic engagement with her on the campaign trail

After years of literally following the footsteps of her civically engaged parents, Rimmy Jhajj is the Liberal candidate for Brampton West in Ontario's upcoming election.
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider | March 4th 2022

After watching racialized students bear the brunt of the pandemic, Farheen Alim jumps into politics

Farheen Alim is running for the Ontario New Democrats after experiencing the adverse effects of government austerity on herself and her students.
News, Next Gen Insider | February 24th 2022

‘What these cuts were doing to my students, I needed to speak out’: Flamborough-Glanbrook NDP candidate Allison Cillis

Cillis came from a labour union household where everyone voted NDP. Now she is the NDP candidate in Ontario's next provincial election in the riding of Flamborough-Glanbrook.
News, Next Gen Insider | February 17th 2022

Abhijeet Manay continues his family’s freedom fighter legacy by running for Ontario Green Party

Abhijeet Manay’s grandfather Gopal was one of the first members of India’s independent parliament.
News, Next Gen Insider | February 16th 2022

With a pandemic stunting a student-led divestment movement, Ryerson holds firm on $8.9-million investment in fossil fuels

Ryerson has its reasons for refusing to divest from fossil fuels, but at least some students believe the university is wrong.
News, Next Gen Insider | February 11th 2022

University researcher Vanessa Gray defends the land and her actions

“We just have to remember who we are”: In conversation with Aamjiwnaang land protector Vanessa Gray.
News, Next Gen Insider | February 10th 2022

In Ottawa there are umpteen cries for freedom, but it’s unclear to me what they mean

"Truckers for Freedom" convoy arrives in Ottawa to protest vaccination restrictions and a reporter observes.
Analysis | January 28th 2022
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