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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AI Builders Fellowship

$5,000Six weeks · open source · deadline Aug 21

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AI Ethical Futures Lab #6: AI Transparency, Power & Trust

Tue, Aug 4 · 6:30 p.m. · Parker Street Studios, 1000 Parker St

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Latest recapVancouver AI Meetup #31: July 2026 Fresh videoVancouver AI Highlights: The Squatchie Awards (Dec 2025)Latest postThe Public Record Is Huge. We’re Paying One Builder to Make It Weird and Useful.

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Applications open · AI Builders Fellowship

$5,000. Six weeks. One enormous public archive.

Internet Archive Canada and BC + AI are looking for one builder to make something weird, useful, and open source from the Canadian public record.

~48.25 TB: archive material
Open source: required
Aug 21: deadline

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Community Spotlights

Meet the people making the room.

Members share what they are building and why they keep showing up.

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Community Spotlight

Loki Jorgensen

Mind, AI & Consciousness

Community Spotlight

Sev Geraskin

Founder, product builder, community regular

Community Spotlight

Matthew Schwartzman

Student organizer

Learn

Build a credential. Ship real work.

Hands-on programs where you finish with a portfolio piece, not just a certificate.

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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.

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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.

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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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BC + AI presents · Flagship festival

Future Proof Festival of AI

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.

Futureproof Festival artwork with salmon swimming through an aurora toward a bright opening, surrounded by ravens and watchful eyes — Official Futureproof Festival artworkVancouver · 2026

When: Oct 28 to 30, 2026
Where: H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Member rate: Save 25%

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Gather

Recent gatherings

Photos and recaps from our latest BC + AI meetups around the province.

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July 29, 2026

Vancouver AI Meetup #31: July 2026

July 9, 2026

AI Film Club: 07/09

June 24, 2026

Vancouver AI Meetup #30: June 2026

News

Latest news

Updates, essays, and announcements from across the BC AI community.

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July 29, 2026

The Public Record Is Huge. We’re Paying One Builder to Make It Weird and Useful.

July 22, 2026

Both Hands on the Grid

July 20, 2026

The Prompt Era Is Over. Learn to Direct.

Watch

Recent talks

Recorded talks and demos from past sessions, free to watch anytime.

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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

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The Wild Salmon Program

A work-in-progress proposal you can read by swimming through it.

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.

Swim the proposal

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What this site is

Community archive

Everything worth keeping from the room, gathered in one place.

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.

Start with the AI in BC guide Browse Vancouver AI events

Photos from the last gathering

Vancouver AI Meetup #31: July 2026

A pink "FREE STICKERS: Help Yourself" sign glows among tea lights and a wall of community stickers.

Rows of name badges wait under a yellow WELCOME REGISTRATION AND CHECK-IN sign.

Skewers char over open flames on the outdoor grill before the talks begin.

Attendees pack the outdoor patio for golden-hour networking ahead of Meetup #31.

Photos: Michael Caswell

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