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.
Advocates turn to courts to stop evictions amid growing distrust of Ontario tenancy tribunal
Across the province, a growing distrust in the LTB’s processes means legal clinic lawyers are increasingly turning to the courts to handle urgent eviction matters amid a second wave of COVID-19 infections, according to multiple lawyers who spoke to Canada's National Observer.
The legislature has spoken. Will Doug Ford now ban COVID-19 evictions?
A last-minute verbal vote in favour of an NDP motion to ban evictions means Premier Doug Ford must decide whether to follow the Ontario legislature's instructions and halt eviction hearings ahead of the holiday season and until the pandemic has passed.
Jobs remain elusive for young women amid COVID-19 second wave
The slow return of work for Canadians amid COVID-19 is most acutely felt by young women, jobs data published on Friday showed. Nine months in, they remain the furthest from pre-pandemic employment of all age and gender demographics the federal statistics agency collects.
Tenant advocates map Toronto eviction blitz, urge solidarity
A map of Toronto compiled by tenant advocacy group Keep Your Rent shows a fraction of the eviction hearings being rushed through in online proceedings at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board. The group hopes to unite renters in order to resist evictions.
Canada’s $100B recovery spending leaves student loan holders out in the cold
Canada’s federal government unveiled its COVID-19 recovery plan earlier this week, promising up to $100 billion in public funds to help society and the economy recover, but ignoring calls to revive a pause on student loan repayments.
Bleed the North fights period poverty, stigma by pushing for greater access to menstrual products
High school senior Mia Medic and first-year university student Isabela Rittinger bonded this year over a shared passion for menstrual justice, building a project that culminated in Canada’s first independent National Period Day last month.
Is Ontario's back-to-school strategy working, or are COVID-19 cases going untraced?
Education Minister Stephen Lecce has boasted in recent weeks that the Progressive Conservatives’ back-to-school strategy is working, but epidemiological studies and experts suggest it’s difficult to make that claim without more testing.
Youth taking climate action into their own hands at Mock COP26
The online alternative to the postponed global climate summit is demanding more action from world leaders on the climate crisis. More than 300 young delegates from 150 countries will take two weeks to wrangle a global treaty that countries could then adopt.
How Brampton youth are helping city council design the space they need
The younger city council Brampton elected in 2018 has tried to build back trust with young people while targeting the root causes of their troubles, which can include involvement with guns and gangs.
Ontario tenants rushed through online evictions, advocates say
Tenant rights advocates say rules Ontario’s Ford government pushed through earlier in the pandemic and harried bureaucrats looking to clear a backlog have created a disturbing trend denying tenants access to justice in virtual eviction hearings at the Landlord and Tenant Board.