Next Gen Insider

Morgan Sharp reports from Toronto on the city's young population and their civic engagement and impact on the local institutions that make democracy function.

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Climate activists are calling for ecocide to be make an international crime in an effort to hold people accountable for environmental destruction. Photo by Ivan Radic / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

Youth-led effort to list ecocide as international crime gets MPs’ backing

The youth-led effort to list ecocide as an international crime won the backing of federal politicians from three different parties on Tuesday, with the Greens, NDP and an MP from the governing Liberals speaking up against the destruction of the natural environment.

Morgan Sharp

November 2nd 2022

Queer youth face high rates of bullying, but there’s LQBTQ2+ peer support to lean on

According to Statistics Canada data released last month, 77 per cent of sexually and gender-diverse youth aged 15 to 17 reported being bullied.

Nairah Ahmed

November 2nd 2022

Progress Toronto and its candidates give municipal politics a good shake

“We’ve changed the makeup of city council quite significantly. It means there is a mandate now from Torontonians that they want to see change,” Saman Tabasinejad, 29, organizing director at Progress Toronto, said.

Nairah Ahmed

November 1st 2022

Laura Walton, an educational assistant from Belleville and president of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU). Photo by Gregory Bennett/CUPE

Ontario seeks to ban education workers from striking. Employees say they’ll do it anyway

The Ontario government ordered the province’s lowest-paid education workers back to work Monday, setting up a legislative and operational standoff ahead of a planned Friday strike.

Morgan Sharp

October 31st 2022

Future Majority keeps pressure on Mississauga over green building rules

Young climate activists stressed the need for Mississauga to improve its inadequate and voluntary green measures during this month's election campaign, while councillors told them it's up to developers or the province to fix.

Morgan Sharp

October 26th 2022

Young woman’s TikTok goes viral, warning others of Toronto-area taxi scam

Saja Kilani, 24, shared her experience of being taken in by a taxi scam on TikTok, which has over one million views, helping educate unknowing youth on the topic.

Nairah Ahmed

October 25th 2022

Young voters in Mississauga hoping for equality and opportunity with new elected officials

Young voters, many with their parents, strolled steadily into the Churchill Meadows Library in Mississauga to vote for their Ward 10 councillor, school board trustee and mayor.

Nairah Ahmed

October 24th 2022

The new face of Mississauga — young BIPOC candidates ready to take over

At 26, Kushagr Sharma is the youngest candidate in his ward vying for a seat on Mississauga's city council. His age is part of the reason he decided to run for public office.

Nairah Ahmed

October 22nd 2022

Young musician pushes their industry to sing a climate-friendlier tune

Brighid Fry is using their platform as a musician and songwriter to push the music industry for more action on climate change.

Nairah Ahmed

October 21st 2022

Tired of cramped, unsafe living quarters, this Toronto-area student is fighting for affordable co-op housing near campus

When Bria Hamilton was a 19-year-old student at York University, a fire started in the basement kitchen of the three-storey townhouse she shared with nine other people.

Nairah Ahmed

October 19th 2022

Muslim youth across Canada raise the bar on giving back

The Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association is hoping to build on its “unprecedented” success after raising more than $550,000 so far this year for charitable causes, including food banks and hospitals around Canada.

Nairah Ahmed

October 13th 2022

Travelling market shows Ontario’s mall shoppers a more sustainable side of fashion

Ontario’s largest travelling vintage and sustainable clothing event, hosted by The Street Market at Mississauga’s Square One shopping centre over the weekend, aims to cultivate communities through fashion.

Nairah Ahmed

October 12th 2022

Grade 11 student wins best young inventor award trying to help disabled community

When Meihuan Yu was in Grade 10 researching a history project, she was captivated by the story of a Syrian swim instructor teaching amputee children how to swim and cope with the trauma of war.

Nairah Ahmed

October 11th 2022

Credit card surcharges are coming for your wallet

Inflation is already driving up prices on everything from food to the overall cost of living — and now pulling out your credit card could be more expensive, too.

Nairah Ahmed

October 7th 2022

As municipal vote looms, some Ontario residents wrestle with heading to the polls on Diwali

When 36-year-old Ryan Singh was booking the holiday Diwali off work, he realized it fell on Oct. 24, the same day as the municipal elections in Ontario.

Nairah Ahmed

October 5th 2022