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.
‘I feel like I’m getting sent back to die,’ student says as NDP calls for Doug Ford to scrap back-to-school plan
Questions about the adequacy of Ontario’s back-to-school plans keep following Premier Doug Ford around while he insists he and his government will do “everything we can” to keep children safe from COVID-19.
Thousands of tenants at risk as court rejects interim stay on Ontario evictions
A legal effort to pause the reopening of a tribunal that handles eviction cases has failed to win a temporary halt, leaving thousands of tenants at risk of being kicked out of their homes while the COVID-19 pandemic remains a significant health risk.
Ontario NDP appeals for extension as end of eviction ban looms
When the Ford government lifted Ontario’s state of emergency earlier this month, it set in motion the countdown to a wave of evictions that could start filtering through (and outside) the adjudicative system starting on Saturday.
Black tech network pairs company execs with up-and-coming talent
A network focused on advancing the careers of Black technology workers is connecting promising young professionals to mentors at major Canadian companies.
Ontario's $300 million back-to-school plan fails to impress critics
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has kicked in much less money than what rival politicians, unions and the province’s largest school board say is needed to ensure the safe return of students to classrooms.
Toronto’s Catholic schools struggle with racism, students of colour say
Black and Indigenous students attending Catholic schools in Toronto say they have been routinely mistreated and that complaints rarely lead to constructive action.
Ontario Liberals say $3.2B needed to reopen schools safely
The provincial Liberals put a dollar figure on the plan they’d roll out to get children back in school safely come September, as educators, parents and administrators wait to see what the education ministry hands out.
Ford government says Ontario school reopening details coming next week
The Ford government said it would spend $500 million this year on building new schools and upgrading existing ones on Thursday, while promising more details on the plans, protocols and investments it will make for September’s back-to-school next week.
Too young to vote but not too young to make Canada 'best place in the world'
“When a child tells you what they’ve seen in their community or what they know to be true, that is such a powerful and important tool in achieving change in these fields,” Wolfli told National Observer this week.
The state of autism services funding in Ontario
Taking a closer look at some of the numbers Ontario's Financial Accountability Office crunched in its report on the state of autism services funding in Ontario.