About Prieeyya Kaur Kesh

Prieeyya is an education futurist and expert in skills-based learning. She founded Our Wave in 2018 to transform how people and organizations learn with a focus on digital skills training and creating hybrid learning environments that place context, community and connection at the centre of any learning experience. Through Our Wave, she has led upskilling efforts for over 1700+ learners in Canada with partners including the Government of Ontario, Royal Bank of Canada, the City of Brampton and Apple Canada.

She advises tech startups, large enterprises, and different levels of government on skills-based hiring and workforce transformation and delivers executive upskilling for leaders looking to navigate an AI-enabled workforce. She is also an expert contributor to a pan-Canadian dialogue on public education policy and regularly contributes to research on high-impact micro-credentials for the digital economy at a national level.

Prieeyya is a regular keynote speaker, panelist and moderator – leading conversations around skills-based education, AI and the future of work and skills-based hiring. She has spoken at Harvard University, D2L’s Toronto Skills Summit, RBC Future Launch Summit, University of Guelph’s OpenEd Conference, York University, Toronto Metropolitan University, the Ontario Research and Innovation Network, and 60+ other events across North America.