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
Indigenous leaders call hypocrisy on nations speaking for them at COP15
Indigenous nations remain outside of formal COP15 negotiations. It's a parallel to how nation states take from Indigenous lands without consent and consultation. But Indigenous nations are clear: they want the land back.
Assembly of First Nations passes emergency resolution to oppose Alberta, Saskatchewan sovereignty acts, citing treaty rights challenges
First Nations voiced concern the Alberta and Saskatchewan sovereignty acts could override their treaty relationships with the Crown, which remain federal obligations.
‘Yes and’: Assembly of First Nations votes to release money for child welfare survivors, return to negotiating table with feds
The Assembly of First Nations voted to press Canada on immediately sending promised funds to survivors of the child-welfare system and agreed to return to the negotiating table on system reforms and additional compensation.
Will Indigenous sovereignty be on the agenda at COP15?
Biodiversity thrives under Indigenous protection, but will Indigenous rights and title play a key part in negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal — or will these issues remain at the margins?
First Nation launches legal challenge for equitable police funding, citing lack of resources, control over budgets
First Nation police services remain underfunded and under-resourced. Chief Wilfred King hopes his nation's court challenge will change that.
Native women’s association calls out Canada for doing little to stop genocide following killing of four women in Winnipeg
Carol McBride, the president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, called on municipalities and provinces to develop their own action plan to solve the MMIWG2S crisis.
National Ribbon Skirt Day poised to become reality one year after Ojibway (Saulteaux) girl shamed for rocking her ribbon skirt
Ribbon skirts are a source of cultural pride for many First Nations, similar to beads or moccasins.
Russ Diabo joins Assembly of First Nations as adviser to national chief
Russ Diabo will advise National Chief RoseAnne Archibald on specific files like AFN restructuring, self-government agreements and Bill C-15, Canada's application of UNDRIP.
Valley of the Birdtail: How two Manitoba communities came together to build a road toward reconciliation
The book's co-authors, one Indigenous and one non-Indigenous, investigate the history of Canada through two communities in order to pave a path towards reconciliation.
Armand Garnet Ruffo, John Barton headline launch for Best Canadian Poetry 2023
Poetry should leave the reader uncomfortable and challenged so to expand their worldview to include the different experiences of others, guest editor John Barton argues in his introduction.