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
‘To wake up our being’: New University of Ottawa program seeks to revitalize Indigenous law
The initiative aligns with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action 50, which calls on the federal government to support and promote Indigenous laws.
Michelle O’Bonsawin’s Supreme Court appointment a step in the right direction, but still only a step
Michelle O'Bonsawin is poised to become the first Indigenous woman on the highest bench of Canada. It's good timing for key court challenges around Indigenous self-governance.
Pikwakanagan welcomes community back to powwow, but not without controversy over sponsorships
Criticism of the sponsorships relates to two proposed nuclear waste sites — one for northern Ontario in Treaty 9 territory, the other in Chalk River on unceded Algonquin territory.
Reclaiming what was almost lost: How Mādahòkì Farm is sharing the land for healing
Eight spirit horses live on Mādahòkì Farm, a tourism and events destination run by Indigenous Experiences, where they are a living representation of the farm’s larger work of reclamation, education and celebration of Indigenous cultures and traditions.
Caroline Monnet reopens the horrors of The Black Case
The short film The Black Case plays with traditional horror tropes to tell a horrific story of a residential school survivor.
Elder Claudette Commanda brings teachings, activism and humour to Ottawa U chancellorship
When Claudette Commanda, an Elder from Kitigan Zibi, was an undergraduate student, she wasn’t shy about asking what programs and services the University of Ottawa had for Indigenous students.
If the Pope’s visit was the first step, what comes next for the Catholic Church?
“Hopefully, they will do more than a public relations stunt," says Niigaan Sinclair, Anishnaabe scholar and columnist for the Winnipeg Free Press.
The Pope acknowledged what happened at residential schools was genocide. Where do the federal parties stand?
At the tail end of his “pilgrimage of penance” last week, Pope Francis recognized that what happened at Canada’s residential schools was genocide. It’s high time Parliament does the same, says NDP MP Leah Gazan.
‘It just feels so raw’: National Chief RoseAnne Archibald reflects on the papal visit
Canada’s National Observer spoke with National Chief RoseAnne Archibald of the Assembly of First Nations about a whirlwind week of apologies, masses and next steps towards reconciliation.
‘We’re just at the foothills here’: Ojibway priest reflects on what else Catholic Church can do to advance reconciliation
Father Daryold Corbiere Winkler, an Ojibway priest, asks tough, but necessary questions of his Church.