Morgan Sharp
Reporter | Toronto |
English
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.
Why I changed my name
Canada's National Observer journalist Morgan Sharp introduces themself and explains why they changed their name.
Independent theatre, actors look through COVID-19’s window of opportunity
For Cass Van Wyck and Luis Fernandes at Assembly Theatre, an independent performance space in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, tight budgets and low overheads were a staple of life well before a pandemic upended their plans for 2020.
Toronto yoga studio owner trying all the moves to hang on during Covid-19
Rachelle Wintzen had just reopened her boutique yoga studio after dropping $150,000 on a major renovation when it was forced to close again last March. She has been accumulating more debt and hustling to hang on ever since.
Brampton teen part of youth-led movement to eliminate AIDS
Young people from around Toronto and elsewhere are using the downtime of the pandemic to work on projects to fight the stigma around HIV and AIDS and to support those living with the conditions.
How this Irish handcraft store is virtually fighting COVID-19
Fashion designer Sinéad Clarke whipped up thousands of face masks starting last March to contribute to local pandemic-fighting efforts, and has been adapting the operations of Toronto’s Irish Design House ever since.
Young GTA poet Wali Shah hopes Amanda Gorman will help light the way for more diverse voices
On Wednesday, Amanda Gorman became the youngest poet ever to perform at a presidential inauguration, calling for "unity and togetherness" in her poem, The Hill We Climb.
Can high schoolers help save political discourse?
Teams of young people competing in a high school “ethics bowl” are looking to replace the zero sum nature of debating with a more collaborative approach to society’s dilemmas.
The ups and downs of one restaurant’s pandemic fortunes
The sudden halt to sales while bills kept mounting was frightening for chef Rick Matharu in the early days of the pandemic. But with help from an interest-free federal loan, the owner of Rick’s Good Eats fusion diner in Mississauga turned a challenge into a partial win.
Post-secondary schools offer support, but is it reaching students?
For students who dive into every social activity and ask for help when needed, their institution’s response to COVID-19 and their mental health needs is enough. But experts say they aren’t the only ones post-secondary schools need to reach.
How one brewpub owner and his business are weathering COVID-19
The Avling Kitchen and Brewery Max Meighen opened in Toronto's Leslieville neighbourhood back in July 2019 has spent more of its young life in COVID-19 lockdown than out of it, but is still making a decent income.