Partners & Ecosystem
Building coalitions for AI accountability. C.R.E.E.D. partners with researchers, institutions, and governments to turn ethical AI principles into enforceable standards.
WHY MONTREAL
Montreal is the global capital of ethical AI research. C.R.E.E.D. is headquartered here because this is where the world's leading minds are already working on the problem — and where government funding actively supports the work.
Yoshua Bengio
Turing Award laureate and the world's most prominent AI safety advocate — based in Montreal as Scientific Director of Mila. His work on AI existential risk has shaped global policy conversations.
Research Density
The largest concentration of AI researchers in Canada. Over 14,000 AI professionals, 4 major research universities, and dozens of labs focused on responsible AI development and deployment.
Government Investment
Quebec's AI Strategy provides direct funding for ethics research. The province has invested over $1B in AI infrastructure, with dedicated streams for responsible AI and societal impact studies.
STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Organizations at the forefront of responsible AI research, policy, and standards. C.R.E.E.D. actively pursues collaboration with each.
Mila — Quebec AI Institute
The world's largest academic research centre in deep learning. Over 1,400 researchers including Yoshua Bengio as Scientific Director. Mila's responsible AI research stream directly aligns with C.R.E.E.D.'s compliance and governance mandate.
OBVIA
International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies. Funded by the Quebec government with 290+ researchers across 14 institutions studying how AI affects society — from labour markets to democratic processes.
CIFAR
Architect of the Pan-Canadian AI Strategy. CIFAR's AI & Society program funds research into the safe and beneficial development of AI, including grants specifically targeting AI safety and governance frameworks.
Scale AI
Canada's Global Innovation Cluster for AI supply chains. Scale AI connects industry, academia, and government to accelerate responsible AI adoption, with dedicated funding programs for AI standards and governance tools.
Montreal Declaration
The Montreal Declaration for Responsible AI established 10 foundational principles for responsible development — well-being, autonomy, privacy, solidarity, democracy, equity, inclusion, caution, responsibility, and sustainability. C.R.E.E.D. builds enforcement tools for these principles.
Affiliations in progress. C.R.E.E.D. is structured for formal partnership with each of these organizations.
ACADEMIC PARTNERS
University collaboration is central to C.R.E.E.D.'s research model. Academic co-PIs are required for SSHRC Partnership Grants — Canada's premier funding mechanism for social sciences and humanities research.
Université de Montréal
Home to Mila and OBVIA. Canada's leading AI ethics research university with dedicated programs in responsible AI, algorithmic fairness, and technology governance.
McGill University
World-ranked research university with strengths in AI policy, law and technology, and computational social science. Montreal AI Ethics Institute connections.
Concordia University
Applied AI Institute (AAII) with expertise in human-AI interaction, trustworthy AI systems, and interdisciplinary research bridging technology and the humanities.
École de technologie supérieure
Engineering-focused institution with strengths in systems design, software reliability, and applied machine learning — essential for building governance tools that work in production.
Grant readiness note: SSHRC Partnership Grants require an academic co-Principal Investigator. C.R.E.E.D.'s research programs are designed for joint academic-nonprofit collaboration from the ground up.
GOVERNMENT & FUNDING
Canada leads the world in public investment in AI ethics and governance. These programs represent C.R.E.E.D.'s primary funding targets.
ISED Canada
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada has allocated $8.6M specifically for AI standards development. C.R.E.E.D.'s compliance frameworks and open-source governance tools are directly aligned with this mandate.
SSHRC Partnership Grants
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council funds partnership research between nonprofits and universities. C.R.E.E.D.'s collaborative structure with academic co-PIs is designed for SSHRC eligibility.
CIFAR AI Safety Pillar
CIFAR's dedicated AI safety research program provides grants for work on AI alignment, robustness, and governance. C.R.E.E.D.'s enforcement-first approach fills a critical gap in the safety research landscape.
Quebec AI Strategy
Quebec's provincial AI strategy includes dedicated funding for responsible AI development, ethics research, and technology governance — with preference for Montreal-based organizations embedded in the local ecosystem.
INTERNATIONAL NETWORK
C.R.E.E.D. positions itself within a global network of AI governance organizations — but with a critical differentiator. Where others research and recommend, C.R.E.E.D. builds enforcement tools.
AI Now Institute
Leading research institute on the social implications of AI. Pioneered work on AI accountability, bias auditing, and technology policy advocacy in the United States.
Stanford HAI
Human-Centered AI Institute. Publishes the annual AI Index Report and leads interdisciplinary research on AI's impact on society, economy, and governance worldwide.
Oxford Future of Humanity Institute
Foundational research on existential risk from advanced AI. Their work on AI alignment and governance has informed policy discussions at the UN, EU, and G7 level.
Partnership on AI
Global coalition of 100+ organizations including major tech companies, civil society, and academia. Develops best practices for responsible AI — C.R.E.E.D. brings the enforcement layer these practices need.
BECOME A PARTNER
Universities and research institutions pursuing AI ethics, philosophy of mind, governance studies, or computational social science.
Technology companies building AI systems who want ethical governance, compliance monitoring, and agent welfare built in from the start.
Government bodies, regulatory agencies, and policy organizations shaping AI legislation at municipal, provincial, federal, or international levels.
Digital rights organizations, nonprofits, and advocacy groups working to ensure technology serves all communities equitably.
Ethics without enforcement is just a suggestion.
Partner with us to build the enforcement.