A report by the Diversity Institute at the Toronto Metropolitan University, showed that newcomers to Canada, particularly racialized people in Canada, have higher rates of unemployment compared to Canadian-born and non-racialized people. 7.7% of immigrants are unemployed, compared to 6.4% of Canadian-born individuals and 9.9% of racialized people are unemployed, compared to 7.3% of non-racialized people. Newcomers and racialized people encounter various barriers, including but not limited to systemic and individual discrimination, devaluation, and lack of recognition of credentials and work experience obtained outside Canada, lack of familiarity with Canadian work culture and limited social networks. Despite these high unemployment rates Statistics Canada identifies immigrants and racialized people as highly skilled workers. There is a knowledge gap in the skill levels possessed by these groups and the expectations of employers, making it a challenge to solve this problem.