The Montréal AI safety ecosystem
Research labs, policy institutes, student groups, and community organizations working on AI safety, ethics, and governance in and around Montréal.
For organizations across Canada, see the Canadian AI Safety Ecosystem Map.
- Student club at McGill focused on AI alignment and safety; organizes reading groups, hackathons and related activities.
- Research seminar series at Mila where authors present their own AI safety papers, in person or online. Schedule and how to join on the group’s page.
- Federal government AI safety institute. Funds research through CIFAR and NRC programs, develops safety tools/guidance. Member of International Network of AI Safety Institutes.
- ControlAI is a global non-profit organization that works to prevent the extinction risk posed by superintelligence and to secure a great future for humanity. In addition to the UK, the US, and Germany, it is active in Canada, where it has briefed more than 120 Canadian MPs and Senators, given expert testimony in hearings, and more.
- Montréal-based nonprofit behind AI Safety Montréal, supporting the local AI safety, ethics and governance community through meetups, coworking, workshops and collaborations.
- Independent organization managing Montréal hub of GPAI Network of Centres. Implements high-impact applied projects for responsible AI based on ethics and human rights.
- Inter-university observatory on societal impacts of AI. Network of researchers from Quebec institutions publishing research across 7 thematic hubs.
- Multi-year research program on AI safety across axes: evaluating harmful behaviors, understanding AI decision-making, algorithmic approaches for safe AI.
- Nonprofit AI safety research organization launched by Yoshua Bengio. Focuses on non-agentic ‘Scientist AI’ architecture as alternative to frontier lab approaches.
- Research centre at McGill’s Max Bell School focused on AI governance, transparency and democratic oversight. Publishes analyses and convenes workshops informing Canadian and international policy.
- Academic deep learning research center with 140+ affiliated professors. Technical alignment, interpretability, responsible AI development.
- International non-profit founded 2018 that equips citizens concerned about AI and its societal impacts to take action. Produces AI Ethics Brief and State of AI Ethics reports.
- Volunteer community advocating to mitigate AI risks and pause development of superhuman AI until safe.
- Student group at UQAM raising awareness of AI risks through outreach, plain-language explanation, and public mobilization.
Join as an organization
If your organization works on AI safety, ethics, or governance in or around Montréal, we can add it to this directory.
Include in your email
- The organization’s name
- Its website
- A one-line description, in English or French (or both)
- What it works on (research, policy, education, events, advocacy, regulation)
For an organization elsewhere in Canada, write to us about the Canadian AI Safety Ecosystem Map instead.