Ramona Leitao (she/her) is a freelance multimedia journalist based in Toronto, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.
Through her photo essays and written features, Ramona documents how marginalized communities are impacted by politics, the ongoing climate crisis, food and agriculture and human rights issues. Her work has been published in The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Chatelaine, The Narwhal and elsewhere.
Ramona was previously a reporter on anti-racism and inclusion at Future of Good. She was also an investigative journalist at Humber StoryLab, where she researched and critiqued how Canadian institutions impact Indigenous communities. Prior to this, she was a food writer at NOW Magazine, where she highlighted food businesses owned/operated by underrepresented communities.
She is currently open to freelance, contract and full-time work.
You can contact Ramona here.
Recent Portraits
Select Published Work
Toronto’s Tamil diaspora is celebrated in new video game on Xbox, PlayStation and more. Here’s how its creator cooked it up (The Toronto Star)
2SLGBTQIA+ organizations rally for more funding, support amidst growing anti-gender movement (Future of Good)
Fried chicken and Rubik’s cubes? How this Toronto restaurant caters to neurodivergent diners (The Toronto Star)
Small plot, big veg: city gardeners are growing food at home (The Narwhal)
A Toronto farmers’ market, first of its kind, grows more space for Black and Indigenous culinary cultures (The Globe and Mail)
Chinatown community rallies to keep Crimson Teas in business after owner is assaulted (The Toronto Star)
How a community of chefs is reinventing West African food in Toronto (NOW)
Amid racism and the pandemic, many Chinese-Canadian restaurants are struggling to survive (Chatelaine)
Anishinaabe chef is advocating for Indigenous food sovereignty with urban farm (The Globe and Mail)
Three Black farmers and the fight for diminishing land in southern Ontario (The Narwhal and The Local)
Canada Does Not Have ‘The God-Given Right To Exhaust Nature’: Naomi Klein (HuffPost Canada)
Projects
Mayor’s Race Candidate Tracker 2023 (The Local)
Exhibitions
Ways of Seeing: Room Up Front Exhibition (Contact Photo Festival)