Morgan Sharp
Reporter | Toronto |
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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.
A spike in domestic violence happening in Toronto due to COVID-19 experts say
Victim services groups in the Greater Toronto Area and an assaulted women’s helpline for Ontario have seen three to four times more calls for emergency help since COVID-19 struck, while shelters struggle to expand capacity amid physical distancing constraints.
Pandemic-forced home-schooling widens the digital divide
Critics say the need for a robust connection and access to a digital device as students are forced to switch to online learning has only widened the digital divide that creates major impediments for lower-income families and those in remote areas.
COVID-19 moves Earth Day celebrations online for 50th anniversary
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, climate activists are facing significant challenges making sure their message is heard, but also, perhaps, a more receptive audience.
Ottawa outlines $9 billion in pandemic aid for students
Canada’s federal government has announced a relief package for post-secondary students, many of whom had complained they were shut out of initial aid targeting workers and businesses while facing a dire summer jobs market.
Bike couriers in Toronto risking illness to deliver 'junk food to rich people'
With Toronto’s downtown offices shuttered, couriers are delivering fewer and different things. Food delivery riders are meanwhile taking deliveries directly to customers’ doors, potentially putting themselves at risk.
Club Quarantine hits one month of nightly queer parties
Four Toronto artists started a nightly online queer dance party as soon as the city’s live venues were shut down to limit the COVID-19’s spread. It’s been a month now, we’re all still in quarantine and Club Quarantine is settling in for the long haul.
Ford’s Ontario seeks to deny climate youth their day in court
The provincial government’s attorney general, Doug Downey, filed a motion asking an Ontario court to dismiss the young people’s case challenging its environmental policy on Wednesday, arguing that it would be impossible to prove the allegations of harm.
Students unite, find purpose, in fight against COVID-19
Young Canadians in Toronto and Ottawa and even expat students at Oxford University are uniting to provide help where it's needed, joining rock stars and restaurateurs in the effort.
The virtual classroom is having a moment
Ontario startup XpertVR is now getting interest from universities and others needing virtual classroom technology.
Ottawa expands summer jobs program for young people — but is it enough?
Ottawa is expanding the reach of its summer jobs program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic's blistering attack on the work prospects of students and other young people, but critics said the boost may not be enough, and that it is misdirected.