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 workers boost Canada’s July jobs numbers
Young people made some of Canada’s largest employment gains in July, jobs data shows, as their part-time work in service industries returned with the lifting of public health restrictions.
Ontario court rejects government bid to defund student unions
Doug Ford's attempt to defund student unions has been rejected by an Ontario appeals court, with the judge ruling the effort was “a profound interference in university autonomy.”
Ontario requires masks but not vaccines for return to class
Ontario’s long-awaited back-to-school plan requires students and staff to wear masks indoors but does not mandate being vaccinated against COVID-19.
U of T extends vaccine mandate to some extracurriculars
The University of Toronto says its students must be vaccinated if they want to take part in activities such as sports and academic placements, and wants all who come to campus to declare their vaccine status.
Ontario will get a school plan next week, Ford says
The chief medical officer says unvaccinated students will face stiff restrictions if they test positive for COVID-19, making elementary students especially vulnerable to missing more chunks of class.
Toronto launches more youth hubs after expansion plan delayed by COVID-19
The City of Toronto is almost doubling the number of youth hubs and spaces where young people can build life skills and find study and work opportunities after a delay in expansion plans due to COVID-19.
Ontario elementary teachers union urges cautious return to classrooms
The main elementary teachers union in Ontario is calling on the government to take a more cautious approach to reopening schools than the one advocated by the province’s pediatric hospitals.
Ford government launches youth environment council
The Ontario government is inviting high school students to share their thoughts on climate change and the environment via a new youth council.
Scarborough teen takes on Islamophobia, among other things
In the wake of the latest violent attack against Muslims in Canada, high school student Alisha Aslam created a resource to help the Toronto District School Board address hate and empower other youth to speak out.
Medical experts tell Ontario to keep schools open except in 'catastrophic circumstances'
The medical experts advising the Ontario government say the province’s schools and classrooms should stay open unless “catastrophic circumstances" force them closed again after more than a year of disrupted learning and socialization.