Morgan Sharp
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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.
Young Toronto voters on what matters this election
Younger voters make up around 40 per cent of the electorate but are often seen as unmotivated to participate in the electoral process. Here are some of those who did show up on Monday on what matters to them.
Pull Up! exhibit celebrates Toronto’s Black club culture
Black youth made to feel unwelcome in Toronto’s nightclub district have developed their own club culture largely hidden from view, one that is being celebrated in an online exhibit that launched this month.
One of Ottawa’s youngest MPs in 2015 paves way for more diverse voices
Kamal Khera was the youngest Liberal candidate elected to Parliament back in 2015 at the age of 26. She says it has been a priority of hers ever since to help other young people, and especially women from diverse backgrounds, to join her in politics.
High-schoolers behind Homework Hub expand free online tutoring
Paris Cai and a growing network of high school and university students are helping hundreds of Grade 1 to Grade 7 students in need of academic assistance in Ontario and some outside of Canada with free online tutoring.
Young NDP candidates cut their teeth in short campaign
Two of the NDP’s youngest candidates are learning the ropes in Toronto ridings where incumbent politicians seem secure, allowing them to explore the mechanics of electioneering and party politics in their first campaigns.
Young Toronto Green candidate thinks politicians need a science lesson
Phil De Luna took a leave of absence from a climate science research position to run as a Green Party candidate in a Toronto riding. The 29-year-old’s team has used tech to canvass on a budget and hope his example shows other young folks that politics is possible for them, too.
Queer artists using plants to heal a conflicted place
All plants are queer — especially weeds given their resilience despite not always being welcome — three of the six young artists-in-residence at "Queering Place" agree, as they tend to a medicinal garden and plan drag, spoken word, and cabaret performances at a former colonial outpost.
Youth jobs in Canada neared pre-COVID level in August
The latest Canadian jobs data shows the youth employment rate has finally returned to near pre-pandemic levels 18 months after COVID-19 first wreaked havoc on the retail and hospitality work young people often do.
Indica; Omega claims space in church, under expressway
Young Black artist Ayrah Taerb delivers a rap soliloquy from the altar of Toronto’s Metropolitan United Church to a production crew and a handful of others, part of an installation performance claiming space in Toronto next month.
NDP promises to double transit funding; youth want green jobs
The NDP’s Jagmeet Singh promises to double transit funding as he assails Justin Trudeau’s Liberals for failing on the climate crisis.