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Morgan Sharp

Reporter Toronto English
Investigations, Business, Energy, Politics, Culture, Toronto youth
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About Morgan Sharp

Morgan Sharp is a non-binary journalist who currently writes about youth and young people in and around Toronto, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative and the Government of Canada.

They have covered a wide range of subject areas over 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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Toronto school board celebrates opening of centre for Black excellence

The Toronto District School Board’s effort to stamp out anti-Black racism took another step forward this week with the launch of an educational centre celebrating Black achievements and uplifting a student population historically underserved and unseen.
News, Culture, Next Gen Insider | June 15th 2022
Students took up jobs in a tight labour market in Canada in May as the summer job season kicks off. Photo by Alexander Suhorucov / Pexels

Young workers, women and Albertans lead May jobs gains as wage growth quickens

Many young workers found full-time work in May, Canadian jobs data showed on Friday, with women of all ages and Albertans also boosting overall employment numbers as wage growth velocity quickened.
News, Next Gen Insider | June 10th 2022

Young Canadian leaders converge on Saskatoon to tackle social ills

The young people who have streamed into Saskatoon this week for a three-day Canada World Youth event are pumped to change the world.
News, Next Gen Insider | June 9th 2022

Young voters had little reason to turn up, but did they? Who knows

The expanded Progressive Conservative majority that emerged from Ontario’s election last week implies young voters (who tend to vote more progressively) didn’t turn out in growing numbers. But why don’t we know for sure? Advocates say the absence of data makes them harder to reach.
News, Politics, Culture, Next Gen Insider | June 8th 2022

Pride flags fly over more Catholic schools in Ontario this year

Catholic school boards in Halton and Hamilton are flying Pride flags over their schools and other buildings for the first time this month, a victory for LGBTQ+ advocates after strenuous opposition from some trustees.
News, Culture, Next Gen Insider | June 3rd 2022

Fewer young Canadians seeing the steady stream of online harassment

Young people in Canada are much more likely to experience online harassment than older internet users, but the visibility of such abuse has halved since 2019, according to a poll conducted for the Canadian Internet Registration Authority.
News, Next Gen Insider | June 2nd 2022

Youth issues got short shrift during Ontario campaign, advocates say

Youth issues have often been sidelined in Ontario's election campaign, voter mobilization group Future Majority says, even though younger voters in ridings around Toronto could play a pivotal role in the outcome.
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider | June 1st 2022

Young Canadians ask feds to help make ecocide an international crime

Canada should play a leading role in the global push to make mass environmental destruction an international crime, the young people behind an open letter to the federal government say.
News, Next Gen Insider | May 31st 2022

Toronto school board changes admissions process to make access to specialist programs more equitable

The Toronto District School Board approved a move to do away with assessments of ability when selecting students to attend its arts, athletics, science and other specialized schools and programs in an effort to make them more accessible.
News, Next Gen Insider | May 26th 2022

This is what Ontario’s affordability crisis looks like

Students and workers early in their careers often face the worst effects of Ontario’s affordability crisis, with home ownership well out of reach for most and steep rents and the rising cost of food, gasoline and other costs squeezing budgets.
News, Next Gen Insider | May 26th 2022
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