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.
NDP puts universal basic income back on Canada's agenda
The federal NDP is pushing the Liberal government to make permanent the emergency COVID-19 benefits it put in place early in the pandemic, arguing in a non-binding motion on a guaranteed livable income that such an effort would help eradicate poverty.
Catholic school board in Halton rejects push to fly Pride flag
The Catholic school board in Halton rejected an effort to get its schools to fly the Pride flag this June and to display signs confirming its classrooms are safe spaces for LGBTQ+ students and staff year-round, a move the student who started the push called “an act of cowardice.”
Ontario credit union goes all in on responsible investing
A southwestern Ontario credit union with $1 billion under management will shift next month to offering mutual funds exclusively focused on options that account for environmental, social and governance factors.
$10-a-day child care could change Canada's workforce
A major expansion of child care would open up economic opportunities for more parents, especially mothers, who often stay home to care for children because of the high cost and limited availability of existing options. But it will take more work to make the federal budget 2021 promise a reality.
Is Amazon's climate change solution a solution?
Amazon has invested in nine more renewable energy projects globally, including one in Alberta, as it aims to cancel out its massive carbon footprint by 2040.
Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre eyes $10.5M expansion
Toronto’s Young People’s Theatre has been bursting at the seams for years, while most of its staff work in rental space across the street from the heritage-listed theatre. So they bought that building and will spend the ongoing pandemic downtime to renovate both spaces while also fundraising the second half of the $10.5-million project.
For international students, a path to permanent residency
International students and recent graduates without permanent status have largely been overlooked in Canada’s response to COVID-19, but Ottawa is now looking to offer some of those who can fill critical jobs a path to permanent residency.
Teen son of Toronto rocker creates music on blockchain
The teenage son of Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida is a budding musician who is collaborating and creating content he stores as a non-fungible token (NFT), a blockchain application that documents ownership and could enable more direct-to-fan interaction.
Prevalence of youth COVID spread still a mystery
Schools in and around Toronto closed their doors suddenly last week as more contagious COVID-19 variants spread throughout the region. But amid a third wave threatening to overrun its hospitals, Ontario still can’t tell how much the virus is spreading in classrooms.
March brings back part-time work for youth, but COVID could erase those gains
Jobs data for March shows that young people bounded back into part-time retail and other service work with the relaxation of public health measures employed to fight COVID-19. The need to tighten them again means the gains won’t last.