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.
Field of dreams for young artists finds permanent home
The working arts space SKETCH, near Trinity Bellwoods in Toronto’s inner west, provides a stage for a diverse cast of young people on the city’s margins to create and facilitate. It’s tantalizingly close to securing its space permanently.
Ontario delays March break for schools amid COVID variant concerns
March break will have to wait until April for Ontario students, the province’s education minister says, as the government aims to limit travel amid a drop in COVID-19 cases but as risks from new virus variants loom.
Searching for Toronto’s ‘hidden homeless’ LGBTQ+ youth during COVID-19
The York region bordering Toronto has a large semi-rural section where housing and youth services are harder to access, a problem compounded for young queer folk at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
BIPOC Capital wants interest-free loans for racialized business owners
The young founders of BIPOC Capital are pushing for Ottawa to allocate funds to an interest-free loan program for small- and medium-sized businesses owned by Black, Indigenous and other people of colour, plus mentorship and other support to help them thrive.
Insurance costs during COVID burning up bar owners' bottom line
They’ve been closed or reduced to serving the odd overpriced takeout beer for most of 2020, but bar owners are still paying liability insurance as though drunken patrons are stumbling downstairs to the bathrooms, if they can retain coverage at all.
Teens lose work as part-time retail jobs vanish
The latest monthly jobs data shows tens of thousands of teens lost work in January as part-time retail jobs disappeared, especially in Ontario and Quebec as second wave lockdown tightened.
Schools in and around COVID-weary Toronto to reopen Feb. 16
Public health authorities in Toronto, Peel and York asked the education ministry to keep classrooms in their regions closed until after the Family Day long weekend.
Young athletes help Parkdale residents stay healthy and connected during COVID-19 winter
Varsity athlete Stella Isaac was a prime recruit for Debbie King’s #ParkdaleFitPlay, a month-long online effort to get the neighbourhood engaged and active in the cold and dark of winter under lockdown.
Laurentian U files for creditor protection as COVID pandemic bites
Sudbury’s Laurentian University has filed for creditor protection, as the COVID-19 pandemic hits post-secondary institutions with a need to spend on online learning and cuts to tuition fee volumes.
Ontario still hoping for Feb. 10 school reopening around Toronto
The province’s education minister says schools in COVID-19 hot spots in and around Toronto should be planning for a return to classrooms at a yet-to-be-determined date.