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.
Pandemic has meant boom, not bust, for this university admissions company
The COVID-19 pandemic massively disrupted higher education, with online classes and student life replacing throngs of young people packing into lecture halls and dorm residences. Still, Kira Talent, which helps schools choose who to invite into their faculties, has stayed busy.
Canada's immigration targets belie COVID-related shortfall, critics say
Critics say the federal government’s latest three-year target for permanent immigration only makes up for lost COVID-19 volumes and fails to solve big problems facing current international students, recent graduates and other temporary residents.
Toronto youth, student teachers help adults deal with COVID reality
Young people in Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood have been teaching their elders as part of the Youth Empowering Parents program for a decade now, but the pandemic has forced a few changes.
Federal judge tosses youth climate case against Ottawa
The 15 young Canadians seeking to hold the federal government to account for climate action failings will not get the chance to do so in a courtroom, a federal justice said on Tuesday.
Fixing Canada's 'exploitative' immigration system
Thousands of young people who came to Canada as post-secondary students face the threat of expulsion by the end of the year unless Ottawa loosens rules related to postgraduate work, which has dried up as COVID-19 and the bureaucratic response to it drag on.
Toronto Youth Cabinet leader warns Doug Ford's education minister of 'second pandemic'
Toronto’s youth cabinet and a string of education and human rights groups are reupping demands for rigorous provincial action to root out systemic racism in schools, wary of the issue getting pushed aside amid broader pandemic-related challenges.
As pandemic weighs on Ontario’s LGBTQ+ youth, helpline adjusts
At an undisclosed location in downtown Toronto, young queer volunteers used to answer calls from peers across the province. With its doors shuttered since COVID-19 hit, Youth Line’s chat service has gone remote, and it is now taking on helpers from outside the city.
Virtual jobs conference aims to help youth looking for work in uncertain times
First Work’s virtual jobs conference next week aims to provide the tools to help marginalized youth navigate the already perilous path to finding meaningful work, a task upended by COVID-19.
Moss Park residents hear from NDP candidate, new Green leader hoping to fill Morneau's seat
The community group that hosted Monday’s virtual debate wanted to hear about local concerns such as homelessness, housing, school, jobs and support for immigration and immigrants. Of the four major parties, only the Greens' new Leader Annamie Paul and NDP candidate Brian Chang showed up.
Online platform aims to help high schoolers make uni leap during pandemic
Raasil Khan wants to help high schoolers facing the daunting process of applying to university during a global health emergency. He’s hoping institutions can help him connect students with the Aroha platform he’s building.