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.
What the Ford government's budget could mean for Ontario students, teachers
Students and recent graduates are unlikely to find a tuition cut or loan relief in Wednesday’s Ontario budget, while one-time classroom funding tied to the COVID-19 pandemic is in play for a government uncomfortable with big spending.
Youth activists shut down Bay Street, demanding climate promises be kept
Young activists blocked traffic in the heart of Toronto’s financial district for hours on Friday as part of a global action demanding governments take more drastic steps to curb carbon emissions.
Toronto independent school raising $5M for new senior campus
Kingsway College School in Toronto’s west end is selling $4 million of community bonds (and taking donations) to fund the construction and renovation of a 40,000-square foot senior school site over two floors of a lakeshore condominium.
These young people help others break down work barriers
The youth council at Opportunity For All Youth knows first-hand the barriers marginalized young people face finding employment and is working to reduce or eliminate them.
Young Toronto musicians join industry push for climate action
Teenage indie folk duo Moscow Apartment are among the scores of Canadian musicians joining a global movement to reimagine how the music industry tackles the climate emergency and demand more drastic government and corporate action to address it.
New data tool shows how COVID-19 hurts some young Canadians more than others
The country’s national statistics agency has pulled together a one-stop shop of data collected about young people’s lives since the COVID-19 pandemic began, showing how the most vulnerable have been hit hardest.
Jobs return for younger people with reopenings, but youth employment still lagging
Young people in reopened parts of Ontario returned to retail and hospitality jobs last month, helping boost national jobs data for February after two months of losses, while sustained lockdowns in and around Toronto kept those gains in check.
Olympian trains student leaders to believe beyond COVID-19
Sarah Wells pushed past injury to compete at the Olympics in London before just missing out on Rio, and now she’s equipping high school students with the skills to get over their own hurdles.
New artistic director for Young People's Theatre wants to set the scene for more inclusion
Herbie Barnes is an Anishinaabe actor, writer, director and teacher who grew up in Toronto’s economically disadvantaged Jane and Finch area. As the new artistic director of the city’s Young People’s Theatre, he’s determined to open up more opportunities for young creatives.
Pantonium wants to reimagine city bus routes
The disruption of COVID-19 creates an opportunity to reimagine city transit methods, the CEO of a Toronto-based transit software company says, but is being eclipsed by the electric push.