Comox Valley / Vancouver Island
Comox Valley AI
A neighbourly Island room asking what it means to be human in the age of AI.
Next meetupThu, December 3, 2026 · 6–8 PM · Venue on Luma
CV + AI is the Comox Valley chapter for people who want the AI conversation close to home and rooted in local relationships.
Curious and critical, in the same room.
Next gathering / 6–8 PM
Both Hands Full
We end the year the way this chapter began: curious, critical, and in the same room.
December is for taking stock without pretending the story is tidy.
Quick answers
What to know before you come.
When CV + AI meets, who comes, what it costs, and how to get involved.
- Is there an AI meetup in the Comox Valley?
- Yes. CV + AI, the Comox Valley AI Community Meetup, is the BC + AI regional chapter for the Comox Valley and the wider Island. It meets about once a month on a weekday evening. Each date gets its own Luma page for RSVPs and shows at the top of this page once it is posted.
- Who is it for?
- Anyone who wants to understand AI without the hype, the panic, or the sales pitch: builders, artists, educators, parents, public servants, founders, skeptics, students, and curious neighbours from Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland, Campbell River, and the wider Island. You do not need a technical background or a polished opinion.
- What happens at a meetup?
- Local people bring talks, demos, grounded examples, and hard questions. It is a community room, not a polished conference track. It is not a pitch night, and it is not a doom panel.
- Where does it meet?
- Around the Comox Valley. Earlier 2026 meetups were held at Native Sons Hall and the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay. The venue for each meetup is posted on its Luma page.
- Does it cost anything?
- It depends on the night. Each meetup's Luma page shows whether it is ticketed and what it costs.
- Who runs CV + AI?
- Lourdes Gant is the regional lead and main organizer, working with a local organizing committee: Lourdes Gant, Kris Krüg, Steve Jones, Colin Fitzgerald, and Mel DiPietro. CV + AI is part of BC + AI, a Canadian nonprofit association with community rooms in Vancouver, the Fraser Valley (FV+AI, Langley to Chilliwack), and the Comox Valley.
- How do I get involved?
- RSVP on Luma for the next meetup. New dates appear on this page and on the BC + AI events page as soon as they are posted. To speak, help organize, sponsor a night, or suggest a venue, email hello@bc-ai.ca and mention the Comox Valley.
The public trail
The 2026 meetup trail
Open the original Luma pages for past rooms and the rest of the 2026 season.
Native Sons Hall01CV + AI Community Meetup #1May 6, 2026
Florence Filberg Centre02CV + AI Community Meetup #2June 4, 2026
Florence Filberg Centre04
CV + AI Community Meetup #4: Backyard BBQAugust 5, 2026Comox Valley
CV + AI Community Meetup #5: Original IntelligenceSeptember 3, 2026Comox Valley
CV + AI Community Meetup #6: The Local AI CommonsOctober 6, 2026Florence Filberg Centre07
CV + AI Community Meetup #7: Trust The Room, Question The MachineNovember 5, 2026Comox Valley08
CV + AI Community Meetup #8: Both Hands FullDecember 3, 2026Comox Valley
What kind of meetup is this?
Island-sized. Human-scaled.
Builders, artists, educators, parents, small-business owners, students, skeptics, and curious neighbours are welcome. You do not need a technical background or a polished opinion.
Read the Comox Valley recap
Meet your regional lead
Lourdes Gant
Main organizer, Comox Valley AI
Lourdes brings neighbours from across the Valley together to ask what AI can do, what it should do, and who gets a say.
Her work spans sustainable aquaculture, business strategy, and responsible AI adoption. Through Sustainable Business Dynamics, she helps organizations preserve the knowledge people have built up and put it to work with AI. She brings that same concern for people and long-term consequences to the local conversation.
More about Lourdes and her workPortrait from Lourdes's Sustainable Business Dynamics profile.
Meet the organizing committee
- Lourdes Gant
- Regional lead and main organizer of Comox Valley AI.
- Kris Krüg
- Co-leads the chapter and serves as BC + AI executive director.
- Steve Jones
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
- Colin Fitzgerald
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
- Mel DiPietro
- Co-leads the Comox Valley AI chapter.
Receipts from the room
The community is already here.
From the Valley to the province
Comox Valley and BC + AI.
Comox Valley AI is one local part of the wider BC + AI ecosystem. Across the province, people meet to compare notes, share what they are building, and ask better questions about how AI should show up in our communities.
Multi-modal. Multi-cultural. Radically local. Future-facing.