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Responsible AI Professional (RAP) Certification

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 in their organizations. Apply UNESCO, OECD, NIST, and IEEE frameworks to real systems — and walk away with governance artifacts you can use and a custom Ethics Practice Assistant trained on your own work.

Format: 4 weeks · 90 min live / week
Delivery: Online or in-person intensive
Cohort size: Limited to 30 seats
You keep: 4 artifacts + custom GPT

250

leaders in the room that started it

governance artifacts you build

seats per cohort, kept small

Cohorts

Upcoming and recent runs

Cohort 1
In progress
May 2026
Online · Zoom
Kickoff info session Fri May 22, then four weeks following.
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Cohort 2
Enrolling now
October 2026
In person · 1000 Parker St, Vancouver
Tue Oct 27, 2026 · 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM PT.
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Cohort 3
Coming soon
Dates to be announced
Online · Zoom
A refined online run — join the list to hear first.
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Early-bird pricing through Oct 1, 2026.

Who it’s for

Built for the people making the calls

No technical AI experience required. If you make decisions about AI — budgeting, deploying, governing — you are qualified.

Leaders & executives

Overseeing AI deployments who need governance frameworks that actually work — not policy documents that sit in a drawer.

Career transitioners

With upskilling funds, pivoting into AI governance or differentiating themselves as practitioners who understand ethics.

Practitioners building a practice

People who want a real, ongoing practice — not just another credential to collect.

What you’ll leave with

Outcomes you can use the next day

Apply global responsible-AI frameworks (UNESCO, OECD, NIST, IEEE) to systems you actually run.
Produce a Personal AI Inventory, Ethics Assessment, Deployment Checklist, and Ethics Impact Assessment.
Leave with a custom Ethics Practice Assistant — a GPT trained on your own analysis.
Join an alumni network of decision-makers thinking seriously about deployment.

Curriculum

Four weeks, four artifacts

RAP is four weeks, 90 minutes live each week, with pre-work and practical exercises. It is not attendance-based — you pass quizzes and complete artifacts.

Week 1 — Foundations
Artifact · Personal AI Inventory
Understanding AI and its limits. How these systems actually work. The accuracy problem: why AI sounds confident when it is wrong. Global frameworks you can reference when making decisions.
Week 2 — Core Ethics
Artifact · Ethics Assessment
Bias, privacy, and ownership. Algorithmic bias and fairness definitions (and why they conflict). Privacy and consent in an age of surveillance capitalism. Copyright questions nobody has fully answered yet.
Week 3 — Societal Impact
Artifact · Deployment Checklist
Deployment, labor, and environment. When should AI be deployed? When should it never be? Labor implications. The environmental costs nobody wants to talk about.
Week 4 — The Human Element
Artifact · Ethics Impact Assessment
Authenticity, relationships, and meaning. Deepfakes and trust erosion. AI companions and vulnerable populations. What creativity and agency mean when machines can do the work.

The capstone

By the end, those four artifacts become your Ethics Practice Assistant: a custom GPT trained on your own work that knows how you think about these issues — your ongoing practice partner after the program ends.

Who’s teaching

Practitioners, not lecturers

Kris Krüg

Program Lead

Executive Director, BC + AI Ecosystem Association, and founder of the Vancouver AI Meetup. 25 years building technology across creative and technical worlds — from the world’s first Drupal development company to Dead.net for the Grateful Dead. Brings two years of listening to what people actually struggle with.

Martin Lopatka

Curriculum Lead

PhD in Forensic Statistics, Master’s in AI. Mozilla alum with production ML systems experience. Knows responsible-AI assessment frameworks cold — and is volunteering his expertise because this work matters to him.

Sarah Downey

Governance Facilitation

20+ years in nonprofit leadership, helping mission-driven organizations adopt AI responsibly. Her perspective grounds everything in values-centered practice.

Investment

Pricing — and why membership pays off

Pricing is per cohort.

Standard

$1,500

Early bird

$1,200

Cohort 2: through Oct 1, 2026

BC + AI member

$750

Early-bird member

$600

The membership math is simple. BC + AI annual membership is $340. The certification discount saves you $750 — that is $410 net in your pocket, plus Friday office hours, Discord access, meetup priority, and all future BC + AI certification discounts.

Become a member first →

Prices in CAD. Currently enrolled students may qualify for additional support — just ask.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Do I need a technical background?

No. If you make decisions about AI — budgeting, deploying, governing, or advising — you are qualified. The program is built for decision-makers and practitioners, not engineers.

Is it attendance-based?

No. You pass quizzes and complete artifacts. Sessions are 90 minutes live each week, plus pre-reading and practical exercises you do on your own schedule.

What do I actually walk away with?

Four governance artifacts (Personal AI Inventory, Ethics Assessment, Deployment Checklist, Ethics Impact Assessment) and a custom Ethics Practice Assistant — a GPT trained on your own work — plus a certificate and alumni access.

How does the member price work?

BC + AI membership is $340/year. The member certification price saves you $750 versus standard — so membership pays for itself and then some, with Friday office hours, Discord, and future certification discounts on top. Join at /membership first, then register.

Ready to join?

Next up: Cohort 2 · October 2026.

Registration runs through Luma. Questions? Email [email protected] or come to Friday Office Hours (12–1 PM PT, free, open to all).