“I began questioning my qualifications, my worth, and spiraled into feelings of worthlessness. This feeling was magnified during the times when the house was empty and everyone — including my wife and her family — had left for work, while I sat at home feeling stagnant and unproductive.” These were the thoughts of Syed Jafri, a 29-year-old newcomer from Pakistan who arrived in Toronto in December 2021. Despite holding an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, a master’s in project management, and experience in human resources and quality assurance, his job search in Canada proved deeply discouraging. With no interviews and mounting self-doubt, he took a part-time job delivering food on an e-bike in freezing winter conditions.