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.
Toronto's young entrepreneurs face pressure to adapt — or fold — as second stay-at-home order begins
From one end of Toronto’s usually bustling Queen Street to the other, the thousands of small businesses that populate local economic zones have, by and large, had a rough go of it throughout 2020 — but young entrepreneurs are adapting to the pandemic's changes more quickly, some business community leaders say.
Young workers suffer again as Canada sheds net jobs for first time since April
Younger women again bore the brunt of job losses in December, Statistics Canada data show, with part-time work drying up as tighter pandemic restrictions limited retail, service activity in Toronto and elsewhere.
How Ontario youth are virtually helping tackle COVID-19 mental health challenges
Young people are co-directing a range of innovative mental health initiatives since the COVID-19 pandemic forced help to move online, the head of a network of service providers says, while more young men are seeking support for mood and anxiety issues.
Stuck in their bedrooms due to COVID-19, students want universities to do more
The tightening of public health restrictions due to surging COVID-19 cases is exacerbating the alienation that students feel towards universities they say could be doing more to help. Administrators say they’re making the best of a bad situation.
Urban planning student makes a run for vacant Toronto council seat
Renee Jagdeo wants to make Toronto a greener and more equitable place for all its residents. The second-year university student hopes to apply classroom lessons immediately via her bid to fill a vacated city council seat in Scarborough.
Teen aims to harness tech to treat Tourette syndrome
A teenager with Tourette syndrome in Vaughan, Ont., is working with a team of university students to develop a virtual treatment to reach more people living with the disorder.
How the founder of Suppli hopes to fix Toronto's takeout waste woes
Megan Takeda-Tully had been thinking about excessive takeout waste for more than five years before starting Suppli this year. She hopes to slowly expand the reusable food packaging service next year.
A tale of two students: How the pandemic hurts some more than others
High school seniors Basma Berih and Celine Ho's experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the nuanced ways it alters students' academic trajectories differently.
This Mississauga teen wants to make high-tech prosthetics for the world’s poor
A teenager from Mississauga has enlisted help from a U.S. university to make sophisticated yet affordable prosthetic limbs for the world’s poor.
Ontario to extend $200 payment to families of high schoolers
Ontario will offer a one-off payment of $200 to the parents of high school students, whom the province has ordered to stay home for an extended winter break, the provincial government said on Tuesday.