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.
Ontario revises COVID-19 symptom guidelines for schoolkids
School students in Ontario can return to classes after 24 hours if they only experience one possible symptom of COVID-19 and it is improving, the provincial government said Thursday as it struggles with a testing backlog.
Federal Court to decide whether young activists can sue Ottawa over climate policy
Lawyers for 15 young Canadians suing the federal government over its role in exacerbating the harms of climate change will this week fight Ottawa’s effort to have the case thrown out.
Toronto school shut down over COVID-19 as Ontario reports 700 more cases
Public health officials ordered the closure of a Toronto elementary school on the weekend due to a COVID-19 outbreak, while the province recorded its single highest count of positive new cases since the pandemic began.
Climate protest in the time of COVID-19
The co-ordinated global actions inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg were much smaller than last September's massive demonstrations due to constraints imposed by the pandemic, but participants say the need for them is more urgent than ever.
Climate strike more urgent given Trudeau’s lack of green ambition, young activists say
Young climate protesters say vague green ambition in the federal government’s throne speech has added further motivation as they prepare to take to the streets of Toronto and some 50 other Canadian cities and towns on Friday.
Young Canadians frustrated by Trudeau’s COVID-19 policy refresh
Young people reacted with frustration and disappointment after the federal Liberal government’s throne speech Wednesday said little about how Ottawa would help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Young Canadians eye basic income, climate action in throne speech
Young people want to see a green rebuilding and universal basic income included in the roadmap the Liberal government will lay out on Wednesday for how the country can recover from COVID-19.
School’s back in Ontario, and COVID-19 cases keep rising
Nearly all of Ontario’s elementary and secondary students are either back in class or set up for virtual learning. At the same time, the province’s COVID-19 cases are steadily rising and two schools are already closed again.
Here's what happened when voters in London, Ont. used ranked ballots
It still had more than its fair share of dirty tricks, but the first ranked ballot vote for city council in an Ontario municipality also gave London a younger, more diverse council and one more representative of its population.
How ranked voting works
The how and why of ranked ballots, a form of preferential voting that advocates say can encourage a more diverse field of candidates and engender a more collaborative and collegial form of campaigning and governance.