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
Downtown Ottawa braces for Canada Day protests as police vow to keep order in the capital
With another round of so-called "freedom" protests set to arrive in Ottawa on Canada Day, Centretown residents hope for a summer without disruption.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
‘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.
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.
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.
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.