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.
Youth of Grassy Narrows lead mercury poisoning protest through Toronto
Young people from Grassy Narrows First Nation in northern Ontario led a march through Toronto Thursday to take up the long-standing calls of their community for compensation for mercury poisoning.
Youth less likely to vote but engaged all the same, stats agency says
Canada’s young people are less likely than older folks to vote and more likely to engage in political discussion and action, Statistics Canada says, while almost one in five people aged 15 to 30 provides long-term care to a family member or friends.
Ottawa ponies up cash to help U of T with its carbon-positive vision
The federal government said it would provide up to $56 million to the University of Toronto to help it retrofit some of its dozens of old and energy-inefficient buildings in downtown Toronto.
The hard road to success for skilled young immigrants
Jad Jaber is the epitome of the hard-working and highly-qualified young immigrant who Canada should be welcoming with open arms. So why is it so hard for the founder and executive director of an equity-focused non-profit to get ahead?
Teen twins spread the word on diversity, inclusion and health in kids’ book series
Twin sisters and health advocates Swathi and Shurabi Anphalagan want to bridge gaps between health-care knowledge and practice. The teenage medical science students from Brampton have published four children’s books so far that promote healthy living and diversity.
Canadian youth employment at three-year high in June
Employment for all youth was near a three-year high in June, as employers struggled to find workers and wages surged higher.
UNESCO’s youth advocate pushes for cash to educate the world
Toronto teen philanthropist Kenisha Arora wants a UN summit on education in New York in September to believe in the magic of youth as it sets out to tackle pandemic-related education loss and profound structural flaws in systems worldwide.
Recent grads less likely to access federal emergency COVID-19 payments
Recent college graduates were more likely to draw on 2020’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit than those a few years out of university, but almost all university graduate groups were less likely to receive it than the general working population, a Statistics Canada review found.
Toronto school board announces $40M deficit
The Toronto District School Board will reach into its reserves to make up a $40.4-million shortfall in next school year's budget, blaming the deficit on declining enrolment, the Ontario government's failure to cover pandemic expenses and other cost-cutting measures.
ArtWorksTO gives emerging artists the creative lift they need
The 35 young creatives who graduated from ArtWorksTO’s media arts program found a rare thing: a paid opportunity to network and learn from mentors with similar life stories and barriers to a creative career while working on a professional contract brief.