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 cancels rest of the school year, no overnight summer camps
Ontario schools will remain closed for the rest of the academic year and overnight summer camps have been cancelled, the provincial government said on Tuesday. A plan for how to re-open in September will be announced by the end of June.
Questions remain as post-secondary students start seeking relief
Students can now apply for targeted pandemic relief, but confusion lingers over eligibility requirements.
Ontario hospitals on lookout for cases of a rare inflammatory illness in children
Ontario is watching for a possible link between COVID-19 infection in children and a rare inflammatory illness that can require intensive care.
Youth-focused charities face funding shortfall amid COVID-19 crisis
Toronto's Go Green Youth Centre is just one of hundreds of charitable organizations across Canada struggling to keep its programming going as the lockdown hampers both their ability to deliver services and to fundraise.
Youth unemployment rate spikes amid pandemic
Some 480,000 people between 15 and 24 years old lost their jobs in April, according to Statistics Canada.
Respiratory therapy students rushed to front line in COVID-19 fight
Respiratory therapy students at Toronto’s Michener Institute were rushed through the final weeks of their education so they could join health-care workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
Virtual mental health care expands during pandemic as Ottawa pledges funds
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto has greatly expanded its virtual services since the pandemic, and advocates are hoping to keep the momentum going even after physical restrictions are eased.
Indigenous youth helping each other during pandemic
Finding Our Power Together is pre-loading mental-health help onto phones to send to a remote Indigenous community where COVID-19 has taken away in-person support.
Nerves, anxiety and hunger for international students during COVID-19
Canada’s post-secondary institutions rely on the significantly higher tuition fees paid by international students, whose numbers may be sharply curtailed when academic life returns to some kind of normal during this pandemic.
From hassle free to major hassle: Toronto health services for LGBT shrink amid pandemic
While the strictures of social isolation mean sexual activity between people who do not live together has likely fallen dramatically, it would be a mistake to assume it has gone to zero, the co-director of a Toronto clinic says.