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 budget watchdog says Ford government’s autism plan falls short
The province’s wait list for young people with autism to access services will not shrink significantly unless the government either spends much more or cuts the level of service it provides, a watchdog warns.
Ryerson releases racism review, pledges fixes
Toronto’s Ryerson University released a review of racism experienced by its Black students and faculty and vowed to implement fixes on Friday, giving a former student union executive a "glimmer of hope" the move is more than a performance.
So many unanswered questions in Ontario's back-to-school plan
The question of how to deal with education sits at the centre of the province’s reopening dilemma, since anything less than a full return to classes makes it difficult for working parents who have for months been juggling both the working and the parenting.
Democracy Watch starts legal fight with Doug Ford over independence of tribunals
The Ford government has undermined the independence of quasi-judicial provincial bodies by making appointments to them more beholden to cabinet, says a new legal filing challenging the move.
Virtual day in court for youth climate activists ends without verdict
Ontario government lawyers and counsel for seven young people grappled over whether climate change and the province’s response to it is something a court should get involved in judging.
Youth flex their power by lobbying politicians, corporations on climate
A group of young people from the 905 area outside Toronto are not letting the need to stay safe during a pandemic keep them from their work pushing for climate action in their municipalities and beyond.
Ford government’s moves to address anti-Black racism in Ontario schools too slow for one young critic
The Ford government’s moves to address anti-Black racism in Ontario schools are too slow for one young critic.
'Premier, we’re begging you'
Toronto city councillors and housing advocates make a last-ditch effort to dissuade Premier Doug Ford’s government from passing a tenancy bill they warn will push renters out of their homes in massive numbers.
Trump upends Canadian students' plans
The Trump administration’s latest immigration ruling has created uncertainty for international students, including Canadians.
Ontario takes steps to tackle racism in schools
Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the government will stop splitting students into academic and applied streams in the first year of high school and ban early elementary suspensions, practices that have disproportionately hurt Black students.