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.
Young people help raise the roof above a refugee family
A downtown Toronto property needed fixing, dozens of mostly young and aspiring tradespeople needed on-the-job training, and a refugee family needed a new home. All of those needs were met when Raising the Roof completed its latest project.
Jobs data for December shows calm before Omicron storm
The Canadian jobs market was fairly flat in December, with Ontario the source of most growth and youth jobs back at pre-pandemic levels. But the survey data was taken before the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 led to school closures and renewed restrictions.
Making space for Black leaders in Canada’s climate movement
A recently formed group pushing for Black voices to be heard in climate justice discussions sent three of its interns to COP26 in November. They saw no other Black Canadian youth inside the venue at all and returned more motivated than ever.
Staying fierce and sober over the holidays
The holiday season can be an especially tough time for folks dealing with addiction and mental health challenges, so Edgewood Health Network brought together six of Canada’s top drag performers to share their compelling stories of getting and staying sober.
U of T joins string of schools calling off in-person exams
The University of Toronto this week joined a string of post-secondary schools cancelling in-person exams and also delayed the return to class after the winter break in a bid to limit the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Colleges get set to train Canada’s green workforce
The green transition will need trained apprentices, architects, engineers and other climate-educated workers, many of whom are just leaving high school or in the midst of their post-secondary education.
Building a home under Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway
The people behind Reconstructions of Home want visitors to a revamped art space under the Gardiner to know it displaced a vibrant and innovative community living there.
Greenpeace raises pressure on RBC over fossil fuel funding
Activists with Greenpeace Canada returned to the Toronto headquarters of the Royal Bank of Canada to raise the issue of fossil fuel financing on Tuesday, with two people hoisted onto elevated platforms for several hours to share their divestment message.
The price tag for climate-proofing Ontario's public buildings is steep
Ontario’s financial watchdog considers the cost of climate change on the province's public buildings in its latest report, a price tag that could be disproportionately paid by younger taxpayers.
Canada’s job numbers heat up, but wages barely budge for servers
The November jobs report for Canada boosted the national workforce well past February 2020 levels when the economy was still untouched by COVID-19. But young women are working more part-time jobs, Statistics Canada said, and a crunch looms in hospitality.