Morgan Sharp
Reporter | Toronto |
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About Morgan Sharp
Morgan Sharp is a non-binary trans journalist who wrote about youth and young people in and around Toronto, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.
She covered a wide range of subject areas over more than three years with National Observer and ten years with the Reuters news agency before that, including general and political news, the environment and sustainability, technology and the companies that sell it, financial markets and economics.
Originally from Melbourne, Australia, they lived and worked in Cairo and London before settling in Toronto.
At Youth4Climate, hundreds of young people hand over demands in advance of COP26
Last week, the Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition event saw hundreds of participants from across the globe convene in Milan for three days.
Canadian delegates worry some voices 'weren't heard' at youth climate conference
Two young people who represented Canada at the recent pre-COP youth climate conference in Milan, Italy, found chaos and platitudes at an event billed as beyond all that.
Critics take Ford to task for leaving education, climate out of Ontario throne speech
Doug Ford’s speech on Monday to mark the start of a new legislative session in Ontario touched on economic growth but did not mention education, child care or climate change.
Ontario Liberals say Doug Ford should send more COVID-19 tests to schools
Ontario’s Liberals are calling on the Ford government to send out many more COVID-19 rapid test kits to schools, especially in hard-hit neighbourhoods, as children make up a growing portion of the province's overall case count.
Mississauga teen cracks TikTok, takes jewelry business global
A high schooler from Mississauga mastered the art of the TikTok video and saw her hobby business selling jewelry explode. She’s hoping the earnings and other accessories help her pay to attend a top U.S. business school.
Young activists say this year’s climate strike is more important than ever
Hundreds of thousands of young climate activists took to the streets in cities around the world on Friday to push for climate action.
Pollster says youth vote was likely quite evenly split
Younger voters only favoured the Liberals over the Conservatives by a small margin just ahead of this week’s federal election, Abacus polling data shows.
Vaccine passport months too late, still hampered by capacity limits, says one business owner
The COVID-19 vaccine passport should have been implemented two months ago, and now that it’s here, capacity limits should be eased, the owner of a small Parkdale arcade bar says.
What did young voters get out of the 2021 election? That our leaders need to work together
With the federal election leaving the balance of power almost untouched, what did young voters get out of this campaign?
Study details struggles of precariously housed 2SLGBTQ+ youth through COVID-19
The extended restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic have been especially tough on the mental health of 2SLGBTQ+ youth experiencing precarious housing, who are forced to spend more time in unsupportive homes or find alternatives without access to shuttered services.