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
Kebaowek First Nation wins precedent-setting case against nuclear waste facility
A federal judge’s decision on a Quebec nuclear waste facility has set a new precedent for what consultation with First Nations should look like, raising the standard for projects across Canada.
Fossil Fuel industry actively shaping climate education in Canada: report
A new report has found evidence of a deliberate strategy by the fossil fuel industry to promote industry propaganda and viewpoints to obfuscate responsibility for the causes of climate change.
Kamloops Indian Residential School designated a national historic site
On Wednesday, Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc and Parks Canada announced the Kamloops Indian Residential School has been named a National Historic Site.
Remote Ontario community breaks free from diesel dependency
A northern Ontario First Nation is celebrating the connection to the province’s power grid today after an ambitious transmission line through the North extended its reach.
Ford inks agreement with First Nation to support roads to Ring of Fire
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced an agreement Tuesday worth more than $20 million to help prepare a remote northern Ontario First Nation for possible mining development in the future.
'Just shedding my snake skin': Retiring MP Charlie Angus is Canada's brashest voice against Trump
Charlie Angus, a longtime NDP MP, is set to exit stage left after announcing he will not run in the next election. But in quintessential Angus style, he isn’t leaving without making noise.
'No room for fossil fuel expansion': Grand Chief Stewart Phillip clears the air on pipelines
Long-time climate advocate and First Nation leader Stewart Phillip is walking back controversial remarks he made on Tuesday.
Meet the 'impact voters' keeping climate on the campaign trail
A climate organization's new impact-voter initiative is a non-partisan campaign aimed at mobilizing and organizing people impacted by climate change who live in swing ridings.
Feds sign deal with First Nations for Ontario's Ring of Fire mining-related assessments
A road map for an environmental assessment of northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire mining region was announced Monday by the federal government and 15 First Nations. But questions remain about the provincial government’s role moving forward.
Will the Alberta Energy Regulator impose real fines against Imperial over Kearl spill?
Nine charges against Imperial Oil were laid Friday over a toxic spill in northern Alberta by the province’s energy regulator.