BC + AI

Trainings & Certifications

Learn to build, deploy, and create with AI — the responsible way.

Certifications are how BC + AI turns the conversation into capacity. They are practical, community-powered programs taught by people doing the work — and every one of them sends you home with something you keep, not just a slide deck. This is one of our flagship programs, and we run several.

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3
flagship programs
850+
community members
Artifact-first
you keep what you build

Current programs

Pick the program that matches where you are.

Governance & leadership

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Responsible AI Professional

Lead with ethics in an AI-first world.

A four-week certification for leaders, executives, and practitioners who need to understand, implement, and govern responsible AI — with practical artifacts you keep.

Next: Cohort 2 · October 2026

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Creative production

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Animation Accelerator

Direct a portfolio-ready animated short with a real studio pipeline.

An artist-led, AI-powered animation intensive with Tiny Ghost Studios. Build a complete 30–40 second short using the same workflow behind their greenlit IP Blood and Glitter.

Next: Cohort 3 · Dates to be announced

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Creative workflow

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AI Upgrade

Rebuild your creative workflow with AI — without losing your craft.

A six-week, cohort-based course for creative pros — filmmakers, designers, writers, marketers — to rebuild their workflows around AI. Eight cohorts run with TheUpgrade and Peter Bittner.

Next: Next cohort · Dates to be announced

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Why certifications matter

The gap is rarely the technology. It is the practice.

Everyone is shipping AI — fast. The harder question is whether the people deploying it have the workflow, the judgment, and the governance to do it well. That gap, between speed and practice, is exactly what these programs close.

BC + AI is the province-wide layer: a community-driven, nonprofit industry association building public-interest infrastructure for AI in British Columbia. Not a corporate lobby. Not a think tank. A commons where meetups turn into working groups, prototypes turn into shared tools, and community values turn into governance. Our certifications are how that commons teaches.

Why train with BC + AI

Built by practitioners

Taught by people shipping real client work and real governance frameworks — not lecture-only academics.

Artifact first

Every program produces something you keep: a film, an assessment, a custom assistant, a deployable checklist.

Community powered

Graduates join an active network of 850+ Discord members, monthly meetups, and special interest groups across BC and beyond.

Globally applicable, radically local

Rooted in Vancouver, open to the world. Indigenous, creative, technical, and ethical perspectives at the table.

The process

How a program runs, start to finish.

  1. 01

    Apply online

    Choose your program and register on Luma. Most programs are limited to small cohorts.

  2. 02

    Learn by doing

    Work through the curriculum, produce the artifacts, and ship the deliverables — live, with feedback.

  3. 03

    Review

    Peer and instructor feedback, with a capstone screening or final assessment depending on the program.

  4. 04

    Certification

    Digital badge, certificate, directory listing, and press kit where applicable.

  5. 05

    Ongoing

    Alumni network, monthly office hours, and access to new materials as they are released.

Ready to start?

Join the community, then pick your program.

BC + AI membership unlocks meaningful discounts on every certification — often enough to pay for itself — plus Friday office hours, the member Discord, and meetup priority. Not sure which program fits? Come to Friday Office Hours (12–1 PM PT, free, open to all) or get in touch.

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