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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.

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648 Articles

Looks and tastes like salmon — but it never swam a day in its life

Imagine a whole cut of salmon hitting the pan, releasing its unique aromas, turning semi-translucent and flaking as it cooks. Now imagine that salmon never swam in the water.
News, Next Gen Insider | February 2nd 2023

Don Mills school program shows students a greener way forward

The green industries program at Don Mills Collegiate Institute has grown steadily over the 20-plus years that teacher Dan Kunanec has put into the urban innovation project, which each year sends dozens of high school students on their way to environmentally sustainable careers.
News, Climate Solutions Reporting, Next Gen Insider | January 19th 2023

Toronto students turn school grounds into thriving urban farm, workshop and event space

Here are all the facilities Dan Kunanec’s green industries, design and hospitality programs at Don Mills CI in Toronto have built up around the school.
News, Culture, Climate Solutions Reporting, Next Gen Insider | January 19th 2023

Toronto District School Board says high school students can learn virtually in 2023-24

Fully virtual school will remain an option for high school students in the Toronto District School Board for the 2023-24 school year, with the country’s largest board saying it is offering online-only education next year as a choice of learning model, not a pandemic response.
News, Next Gen Insider | January 12th 2023

Future Sound 6ix offers musical insight to often sidelined Toronto youth

The two-day pilot workshop gave about a dozen racialized, female-identified and gender-non-conforming high school students the chance to create their own electronic music and get familiar with high-end equipment.
News, Culture, Next Gen Insider | January 11th 2023

Amid elections, school shutdowns and a climate crisis, Toronto youth did it for themselves in 2022

Young people emerged from COVID-19 restrictions this year to join projects fighting food and housing insecurity, get involved in the summer’s provincial election and take the Ontario government to court over climate change.
News, Culture, Climate Solutions Reporting, Next Gen Insider | January 3rd 2023

Financial literacy key to equity for students behind Target Alpha

Sharing the knowledge and power of financial literacy can help lift up marginalized students and communities, says Angelika Bell.
News, Culture, Next Gen Insider | December 30th 2022

Toronto District School Board shutters schools ahead of nasty holiday storm

Schools across Toronto will shut down for the holiday break a day early, district school boards said late Thursday afternoon as a massive storm threatens several days of intense weather.
News, Next Gen Insider | December 22nd 2022

Toronto orchestra tells queer stories, celebrates community

The Queer Songbook Orchestra’s youth contingent only got a handful of hours to rehearse together before Tuesday's holiday fundraiser, but that's part of the impromptu joy in its community building by founder Shaun Brodie.
News, Culture, Next Gen Insider | December 20th 2022

Co-ordinated effort required to fix problems at Toronto school, youth advocate says

A complex but solvable crisis at a recently merged Toronto high school requires co-ordinated effort and time to fix, the executive director of a nearby youth outreach organization says.
News, Next Gen Insider | December 15th 2022
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