While Nabeel has lived a remarkable and inspiring life thus far, his experience of homelessness as a young newcomer to Canada is unfortunately not unique. According to a recent report published by the City of Toronto, the average number of refugee and asylum-seeking individuals who accessed Toronto’s shelter system each night rose from 643 in 2016 to 2,357 in 2019,[1] with another study finding that approximately 40% of people accessing shelter services in the city were refugees and asylum-seekers.[2] We have witnessed this increase first hand at HFY, with some youth even coming directly from the airport and our shelter being their first glimpse of life in Canada.