BC + AI Ecosystem Association

Ecosystem, Not Empire

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: 4
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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 videoSimon Haworth: Poetry, Pharma & the Life Sciences AI Underground | Vancouver AI May 2026 Latest postFrom One Room to Province-Wide Infrastructure

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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.

Creative workflow · BC + AI

AI Upgrade

A six-week creative workflow rebuild for working creative professionals. Eight cohorts and 200+ alumni so far.

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Flagship festival

Futureproof Festival

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

The most honest AI conversation happening anywhere this year. No hype. No panic. Three days of talks, film, demos, and live performance — presented by BC + AI. Active members save 25% on passes.

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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

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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

May 28, 2026

29 Months, 200 Pounds of Meat, and the AI Commons: Vancouver AI Meetup #29

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Recent talks

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June 16, 2026 · 9:46

Simon Haworth: Poetry, Pharma & the Life Sciences AI Underground | Vancouver AI May 2026

June 16, 2026 · 10:28

Opening & Indigenous Welcome: Gabriel George Sr. | Vancouver AI May 2026

June 16, 2026 · 2:30:34

Indigenous Prophecy, Internet Archive & Anti-Slop AI: Vancouver AI May 2026

Thought leadership · 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

The room, in the open.

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 — Chatham House rules). It's the room, in the open.

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Last gathering, in frames

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

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