PEIWith Canada’s youth unemployment at a 25-year high, many recent graduates, including UPEI’s Ishani Sabitharashi, are finding it difficult to secure full-time jobs in their fields.Canada facing highest youth jobless rate in a quarter-century, StatsCan data showsThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2025 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours agoIshani Sabitharashi moved to P.E.I. in 2021 to study environmental studies at UPEI. She has spent months applying for full-time jobs, both within and outside her field, but hasn’t been hired. (Submitted by Ishani Sabitharashi)When Ishani Sabitharashi walked across the convocation stage at UPEI to receive her degree in environmental studies in May, she was all smiles in her school regalia. She posed for photos, proudly holding the degree she had worked four years to earn.But reality soon set in.Sabitharashi has spent months, even before graduation, applying for full-time jobs both within and outside her field. So far, no luck.To pay the bills, she’s currently working part-time in sales at a jewelry store.”That kind of makes you feel sad and disappointed, because… you’re not getting what you want while you are stuck in another place [that] has nothing to do with your degree,” Sabitharashi told CBC News.
Graduating, but not getting hired: P.E.I. grads face uncertain job market
