BC + AI Ecosystem Association

Ecosystem, Not Empire

Multi-modal. Multi-cultural. Radically local. Future-facing.

A grassroots British Columbia community building practical, responsible AI capacity in living rooms, studio spaces, and university labs from Vancouver to Surrey to the Comox Valley.

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days to next meetup: 250+
community members: 94+
events since 2023: 3
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Next up in BC + AI

AI in Education Meetup #11

Thu, Jul 23 · 6:30 p.m. · Ethọ́s Lab, 177 E 3rd Ave

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Latest recapAI Film Club: 07/09 Fresh videoVancouver AI Highlights: The Squatchie Awards (Dec 2025)Latest postThe Room Got Real: What Last Night's AI Ethical Futures Lab Revealed

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Animation Accelerator Round 2 studio graphic

Creative production · Tiny Ghost Studios × BC + AI

AI Animation Accelerator

Direct a portfolio-ready animated short with a real studio pipeline. Cohort 3 starts July 27; Cohort 4 starts September 21.

RAP Certification graphic for a responsible AI ecosystem rooted in BC

Governance & leadership · BC + AI

Responsible AI Professional

Online cohorts start August 7 and September 18, with an in-person weekend intensive planned for Oct 31-Nov 1.

BC + AI community members in a working session at Parker Street Studios

Creative workflow · BC + AI

AI Upgrade

A six-week creative workflow rebuild for working creative professionals. The next cohort date is not set yet; join the interest list and you'll hear from us first.

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Flagship festival

Futureproof Festival

Oct 28–30, 2026 · H.R. MacMillan Space Centre

The most honest AI conversation happening this year. Vancouver is the host city. The conversation is international. Active members save 25% on all public ticket types.

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July 9, 2026

AI Film Club: 07/09

June 24, 2026

Vancouver AI Meetup #30: June 2026

June 12, 2026

AI Film Club: 06/11

News

Latest news

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July 8, 2026

The Room Got Real: What Last Night's AI Ethical Futures Lab Revealed

July 5, 2026

From One Room to Province-Wide Infrastructure

June 4, 2026

Vancouver AI Meetup #30 Brings the Local AI Ecosystem to the Space Centre

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Recent talks

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July 13, 2026 · 30:59

Vancouver AI Highlights: The Squatchie Awards (Dec 2025)

July 10, 2026 · 2:41:52

Vancouver AI Meetup #30 Full Show: Ethọ́s Lab, Rick Glumac + Film Club

July 9, 2026 · 52:46

Rick Glumac: BC's AI Opportunity Is Bigger Than Adoption

Interactive white paper

The Wild Salmon Program

Returning Talent. Scaling British Columbia. A proposed BC initiative from Simon Haworth to bring globally experienced AI Life Sciences founders home, shared as a work-in-progress, living artifact. The water responds to you.

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Salmon-run heroDiaspora mapScenario labConstellation

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What this site is

Community archive

The events happen in person. That part is the point. But the conversations, the questions, the photographs, the reading lists, the exercises we walked through together: those belong to the community.

This is where they live. Recaps from every gathering with photos. Full dossiers for the deep-dive series. Tools you can actually try. Quotes from the room (anonymized, under Chatham House rules). This site keeps that work accessible to the community.

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Photos from the last gathering

AI Film Club: 07/09

Wide room view of the Film Club workshop as attendees share ideas, photo 136.

Two attendees connect over refreshments during Film Club arrivals, photo 003.

A Film Club attendee smiles during the opening conversation, photo 047.

Two attendees exchange ideas beside the workshop wall, photo 085.

Photos: Michelle Diamond

Multi-modal.Multi-cultural.Radically local.Future-facing.