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.
Changes coming to Ontario tech curriculum in bid to meet labour needs
The Ontario government is revising its high school technology curriculum as part of an effort to prepare students for a changing workforce.
Canada’s higher-education research and development funding inches up, thanks to federal cash
Funding for research and development at Canada’s post-secondary institutions inched up to $15.9 billion in 2020-21, a 0.5 per cent increase from the prior year.
Parents, teachers, students want more climate change education, poll shows
A national poll shows Canadians are more engaged and eager to improve the ways we teach and learn about how to deal with climate change.
Ontario education workers ratify deal with government, but the fight continues
Ontario education workers approved a tentative deal with their employer, the union representing them said Monday, pledging to keep up the fight for more investment in schools after wrestling with the Ford government last month.
Young women still not back to retail work lost in summer
Young women stayed away from low-paid retail work in elevated numbers in November, the latest Canadian jobs data shows, leaving a growing number of vacancies unfilled heading into the busy holiday shopping season.
Ontario has no plan to deal with growing urban flooding, auditor general says
The Ford government in Ontario hasn’t created a plan for urban flooding, which is already costing the province and its residents billions in damages related to climate change.
Ontario Greens call for integrity inquiry into Ford's Greenbelt land development
Ontario Greens are calling for an integrity probe after the Opposition NDP asked the province's auditor-general to calculate the spike in value of property suddenly at risk of losing its Greenbelt status.
Toronto soccer scene abuzz over World Cup controversies
A Toronto soccer team is on the lookout for armbands showing support for the LGBTQ community after officials forbid players from wearing them at the World Cup in Qatar.
NDP asks for Queen’s Park unanimous consent in bid to improve trans health care
The Opposition NDP’s Kristyn Wong-Tam sought the unanimous consent of Ontario's legislature earlier this week to create a committee to improve access to trans health care. The government House leader rejected it.
Chief Wilfred King waits for commissioner’s call
The chief of a First Nation community north of Thunder Bay says complaints about a police sergeant led to “mob rule” in Gull Bay First Nation as Ontario Provincial Police’s Armstrong detachment ignores calls for assistance.