‘Just Being Ghosted’: Canada’s Youth Face Deepening Job Crisis

Sheena Ngigi, age 24, assumed her biochemistry degree from the University of Alberta would mean a relatively easy path to a job. Mathias Ashaba, also 24, wanted to leverage his business degree after immigrating from Uganda last year.

Both have applied to dozens of jobs they should be qualified for. And, at every turn, they say they've been rebuffed — if they even hear anything at all. Ngigi has pivoted to applying for receptionist and restaurant gigs in the meantime, though still without any luck, while after almost a year of trying, Ashaba managed to find work as a janitor at a public school.