Morgan Sharp
National Observer
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Ontario seeks to ban education workers from striking. Employees say they’ll do it anyway
The Ontario government ordered the province’s lowest-paid education workers back to work Monday, setting up a legislative and operational standoff ahead of a planned Friday strike. → Read More
TDSB asks students, staff to wear masks inside schools again
The Toronto District School Board asked all staff and students to return to wearing masks inside its schools on Wednesday as COVID-19’s sixth wave swells amid an absence of provincial public health rules. → Read More
Budget 2022: From student debt relief to housing help, here’s what young Canadians are hoping to see
Affordability, housing, education, mental health support, climate change. Do youth have anything to hope for in the federal budget out Thursday? A polling expert, youth advocate and student union rep weigh in on what matters. → Read More
Youth lead effort to increase vaccine uptake in Indigenous communities
The My Vaxx Journey project invites young Indigenous people across the country to share their stories of facing fears related to getting the vaccinations. → Read More
Youth activists ask media to tell more of the climate story
Young climate activists want the media to do a better job explaining the causes and consequences of climate change to students, and to listen to them even when they are not skipping school to demand climate action. → Read More
A tale of two students: How the pandemic hurts some more than others
High school seniors Basma Berih and Celine Ho's experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the nuanced ways it alters students' academic trajectories differently. → Read More
Young Canadians eye basic income, climate action in throne speech
Young people want to see a green rebuilding and universal basic income included in the roadmap the Liberal government will lay out on Wednesday for how the country can recover from COVID-19. → Read More
Ford sees 'perfect storm' as schools open and COVID-19 cases top 300
Many of Ontario’s growing number of new COVID-19 cases are in the Greater Toronto Area and some have already shown up in schools, while parents and teachers worry about minimally spaced classrooms and buses exacerbating a potential second wave. → Read More
So COVID-19 has hit your school. Now what?
The Ford government released its guidance for the province’s school boards and public health units to deal with outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools on Wednesday, and it doesn’t require a negative test result before students or staff are allowed back. → Read More
Toronto police arrest, charge, use force against way more Black people
The Ontario Human Rights Commission’s second interim report shows Toronto police are much more likely to detain, charge, arrest, beat or kill a Black person despite charges often being withdrawn, which it says “raises systemic concerns about charging practices.” → Read More
Black tech network pairs company execs with up-and-coming talent
A network focused on advancing the careers of Black technology workers is connecting promising young professionals to mentors at major Canadian companies. → Read More
Ontario's $300 million back-to-school plan fails to impress critics
Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has kicked in much less money than what rival politicians, unions and the province’s largest school board say is needed to ensure the safe return of students to classrooms. → Read More
Too young to vote but not too young to make Canada 'best place in the world'
“When a child tells you what they’ve seen in their community or what they know to be true, that is such a powerful and important tool in achieving change in these fields,” Wolfli told National Observer this week. → Read More
The state of autism services funding in Ontario
Taking a closer look at some of the numbers Ontario's Financial Accountability Office crunched in its report on the state of autism services funding in Ontario. → Read More
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. → Read More
Virtual mental health care expands amid 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. → Read More
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. → Read More
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. → Read More
Doug Ford declares state of emergency as Ontario records first COVID-19 death
Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in the province on Tuesday in a bid to combat the spread of COVID-19. Hours later, Ontario’s first presumptive COVID-19 death was reported. → Read More
A colourful day for Ontario's Liberals, and a pool party
Steven Del Duca handily won the Ontario Liberal leadership in the first round of balloting at the convention in Mississauga on Saturday. → Read More