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 to allow legal cannabis deliveries, curbside pick-up
The Ford government reversed course on a total shutdown of Ontario's brick-and-mortar cannabis stores late Tuesday, saying that curbside pickup and delivery options would be allowed in an effort to stave off the black market and protect legal retailers.
As school from home begins, parents of students with special needs face extra strain
Children with special needs face specific challenges as Ontario schools launch online back-to-school learning. So do their parents, who are now being asked to take on roles as teachers and personal support workers where school once offered respite.
Thanks to COVID-19, it'll be a tough summer job market for students and grads
Students whose summer work placements and internships have been delayed or cancelled have so far been excluded from the federal government’s COVID-19 relief plan. So have students who take casual jobs in the summer to cover year-round living expenses.
#digitalstrike: how the climate action movement is responding to COVID-19
April 3 was meant to be a big day for the global climate action movement. Then COVID-19 hit. Here's how youth activists across Canada responded.
'People don’t have eyes on kids': Child abuse will spike amid COVID-19 crisis, advocates warn
Child advocates warn that the extended isolation required to contain the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a sharp spike in child abuse and neglect of children living in potentially dangerous homes.
How does COVID-19 relief differ across Canada?
Canadian provinces have targeted their COVID-19 relief in different ways. National Observer looked at who gets what based on where they live.
Ontario unveils $17 billion in COVID-19 response
Relief funding derails Ford government’s cost-cutting agenda, planned deficit will more than double year over year to an expected $20.5 billion.
COVID-19 creates immediate economic hit, likely years-long recovery: economists
The rapid shutdown of public life in Canada has had an immediate economic impact. Secondary effects will play out over months and years, economists warn.
For parents of medically-fragile children, fight against COVID-19 is personal
Parents of medically-vulnerable children fear Ontario ill-prepared to protect them from the escalating COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario struggling to deal with COVID-19 testing backlog
Ontario is struggling to deal with a surge in people seeking COVID-19 testing that has pushed wait times for laboratory results out to four days, which the province’s health minister called unacceptable on Wednesday.