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
Poilievre pitches firebrand conservatism to First Nation leaders. Will they be convinced?
If Pierre Poilievre wants to become Prime Minister, then he still needs to educate himself about First Nation Peoples, says a former Chief.
Housing crisis in Indigenous communities should consider health and climate adaptation: report
Solutions to the housing crisis in Indigenous communities should be viewed holistically and include cultural, health and energy-efficiency outcomes, a new report says.
Nursing shortage crisis in northern remote First Nations is systemic racism: Chief
A chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation is condemning a decade-long nursing staffing shortage in northern and remote communities as “systemic racism.”
Exclusive: National Indigenous Tourism to cut funding for provincial groups
The president of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC) says his organization is facing major cuts that risk setting the industry back a decade.
Foreign visitors want to experience Indigenous tourism, but federal supports lacking: internal documents
Indigenous tourism businesses faced barriers accessing government support over the pandemic, despite suffering from “disproportionately negative impacts” of the travel restrictions and economic chaos of that time, according to internal documents.
Loan for half a billion approved for LNG project in BC
Canada’s Crown corporation dedicated to helping industries export overseas, has confirmed that around half a billion dollars will be financed for a B.C. First Nation-led LNG project.
Canada reaches deadline to respond to UN over controversial telescope
In a letter, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said it is concerned about harm that could result from the financing and support provided by the government of Canada, Canadian astronomical societies, and Canadian corporations for the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) that is proposed for Mauna Kea, the highest peak in Hawaii.
MP Niki Ashton pays back expenses from Quebec trip
Niki Ashton, MP for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Northern Manitoba, has paid back her expenses from a Quebec trip over the Christmas holidays in 2022 profiled in a CBC News article released two weeks ago.
Their land, their choice: When economic reconciliation and climate justice conflict
The Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program will be sector agnostic, allowing Indigenous nations to choose their path to economic prosperity. How might it conflict with the climate crisis?
Nature Accountability Bill is Canada’s roadmap through the biodiversity crisis. Will it be enough?
On Thursday, Canada’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault tabled the Nature Accountability bill in the House of Commons. The bill enshrines Canada’s nature and biodiversity commitments and provides steps, reporting requirements, and the information needed for course correction.