# BC + AI Ecosystem Association

> BC + AI is a grassroots British Columbia association building practical, responsible AI capacity through communities, events, education, certification, research, and public-interest advocacy.

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## Organization

- [About BC + AI](https://bc-ai.ca/about): Mission, community model, leadership, and organizational context.
- [Membership](https://bc-ai.ca/membership): Member benefits, participation, and current ways to join.

## Programs and communities

- [Communities](https://bc-ai.ca/communities): Regional and topic-based communities across British Columbia.
- [Events](https://bc-ai.ca/events): Current public gatherings, workshops, and community programs.
- [Responsible AI Professional Certification](https://bc-ai.ca/certification/responsible-ai-professional): Practice-based responsible AI leadership and governance training.
- [The AI Upgrade](https://bc-ai.ca/certification/ai-upgrade): Practitioner-led AI learning built around real work and capstones.

## News and public-interest research

- [News archive](https://bc-ai.ca/news): Long-form reporting, policy responses, research, and community dispatches.
- [The AI Trust Gap Is Not an Education Problem](https://bc-ai.ca/news/adoption-is-not-the-goal): Analysis of British Columbia public-opinion data on AI trust, legitimacy, accountability, and adoption.
- [The AI Values Gap](https://bc-ai.ca/news/the-ai-values-gap): Community-led AI values research from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
- [Community AI Pathways for BC's Look West Report](https://bc-ai.ca/news/community-ai-pathways-for-bc-s-look-west-report): A community-infrastructure model for British Columbia's AI strategy.

## Discovery references

- [XML sitemap](https://bc-ai.ca/sitemap.xml): Canonical indexable URLs.
- [News RSS feed](https://bc-ai.ca/news.rss): Newest BC + AI articles and policy responses.
- [Crawler directives](https://bc-ai.ca/robots.txt): Current public crawl rules.