By Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
While floods and other extreme weather events take up most of the popular attention on climate change’s health impacts, some medical students want to learn, and in turn teach, that it goes much further than that.
Continue reading Young med students want to learn more about planetary healthBy Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Canadian workforce changed a lot in September, with a return to schools helping more parents, especially so-called “core age” women, take full-time work while trimming the participation of returning students.
For younger people who aren’t in school, meaning almost one-third of all 15- to 24-year-olds in Canada, there aren’t as many jobs of a certain kind available even as the overall job market looks almost like it did in February 2020.
Continue reading Labour market bounces back to pre-COVID levelsBy Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Jamie Hunter has just returned from defying a court injunction to protect old-growth forest in Fairy Creek and is going to Glasgow next month to push for a major change to international law that would provide another tool against environmental degradation.
The 21-year-old from Nelson, B.C., sees the actions as two fronts of the same battle to confront forces otherwise damaging the planet and imperiling its inhabitants.
“To me, Stop Ecocide is a really tangible solution,” said the co-founder of its Canadian chapter. “Obviously, it’s not the only solution, but it’s a big piece of the puzzle because it really says that causing this damage to the environment is not OK.”
Continue reading What is ecocide, and why does it matter?By Cloe Logan and Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
World leaders have met annually since 1995 to talk about climate change, and this year, they finally asked young people ahead of time about ways to create jobs in renewable energy, push countries to prioritize low-carbon action, and how to get climate justice.
Continue reading Youth4Climate: hundreds of young people hand over demands in advance of COP26By Morgan Sharp, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It was meant to matter, this time.
After 25 years of adults trying to work out how to do it right, the Youth4Climate summit in Milan, Italy, which gathered some 400 young people from across the globe to discuss the climate crisis last week, was meant to be different.
Continue reading Canadian delegates worry some voices ‘weren’t heard’ at youth climate conference
