As spokesperson for the Panepirotic Federation of Australia, he has consistently raised awareness of the plight of the Northern Epirot Greek minority in Southern Albania, traveling to Albania on many occasions to research the plight of the Northern Epirots.
Dean Kalimniou is also a well-known poet and short story writer within the Greek community.
He has published seven poetry collections: Poems of his also appear in the Anthology of Northern Epirot Poetry (Athens 2018) (Ανθολογία Βορειοηπειρωτικής Ποίησης, Αθήνα 2018) His Essays have appeared in such publications as Etchings, Αιολικά Γράμματα, "Fathers from the Edge" (2015 Owl Publishing) and Phronema "Towards 1821.
In 2021 Dean Kalimniou published his first bilingual Greek-English children's book, "Soumela and the Magic Kemenche" "Η Σουμέλα κι ο μαγικός Κεμεντζές" (St Andrews Orthodox Press ISBN 978-0-646-84263-9) In 2023, his first collection of short stories in Greek "Εικονοκλάσματα" (Eikonoklasmata) was published (I. N Zaharopoulos ΙSBN 978-618-5644-25-3).
[3] In 2009, Dean Kalimniou wrote the script of the Peter Stephanidis short film: The Message.