Independent Living Canada • 40th Anniversary Conference

Exclusive Offer for ILC Member Agencies

Turn AI Curiosity Into Practical Action.

Build your team's AI confidence, identify high-impact opportunities, and prepare to use AI responsibly — grounded in the realities of independent living and community service.

September 9, 2026 • 90-minute training session

AI Foundations & High-Impact Opportunities for Independent Living

Led by Yacouba Traoré, Executive Director, Centre for Excellence in Nonprofit AI (CENA).

Why this training is different

Built for the realities of nonprofit and independent living organizations

This is not generic tech training. CENA works within the constraints and responsibilities nonprofits actually carry — limited capacity, higher-risk service contexts, and a duty of care to the people behind every data point.

Capacity and workload

Where AI can genuinely lighten administrative and coordination load — and where it cannot.
Information flow and mission impact

How knowledge moves through your organization and how AI might support it.
Privacy, equity, and transparency

Safeguards that protect the people and communities you serve.
Accountability in higher-risk contexts

Stronger oversight when AI touches care, access, rights, safety, or wellbeing.

Outcomes

What your team can leave with

Practical AI vocabulary and judgment

Confidence to talk about AI clearly and make informed calls about when it helps.
A responsible AI lens

A shared way to weigh dignity, equity, privacy, and accountability before adopting any tool.
A shortlist of possible pilots

Concrete, low-risk starting points matched to your team's real workflows.
A lightweight governance approach

Roles, approvals, and readiness steps scaled to a nonprofit's capacity.

Unlock ILC Member Pricing & Customize Pathway

Choose your package, select your curriculum modules, and enter your details to lock in your pricing.

1 Select Your Package

1 Workshop

per organization

Standard $3,000

$2,550

15% off

Select

Recommended

3 Workshops

per organization

Standard $7,500

$6,000

20% off

Selected

7+ Workshops

per organization

Standard $2,000 / ea

$1,500 / ea

25% off

Select

2 Select Core Modules

Choose the topics that align with your operational goals. (Select as many as apply to your pathway).

1. AI Foundations Without the Hype

Understand what AI is, what it can do, and what it cannot do. Build a practical vocabulary and a commitment to human judgment.

2. Why AI Matters for Nonprofits

Connect AI to capacity, workload, information flow, and mission impact. Gain a clear view of where AI may help and where it should not be rushed.

3. Responsible AI for Social Good

Use AI in ways that protect dignity, equity, privacy, transparency, and accountability. Develop a basic responsible AI lens for every decision.

4. Leadership, Governance, and Policy

Set roles, rules, approvals, and oversight before use becomes unmanaged. Establish a lightweight governance structure and policy starting point.

5. Practical Use Cases

Identify low-risk, high-value opportunities across nonprofit work. Leave with a short list of possible pilots and a way to compare them.

6. AI in Community Health and Social Services

Apply stronger safeguards when AI affects care, access, rights, safety, or wellbeing. Learn the rule of proximity for higher-risk service settings.

7. Readiness, Change, and Staff Engagement

Support staff learning, reduce fear, invite questions, and build safe practice through structured staff engagement.

8. Measuring What Matters

Evaluate whether AI is helping, harming, or simply creating the appearance of progress. A simple evaluation process: stop, revise, extend, or scale.

3 Contact Information

First Name

Last Name

Organization / Agency Name

Professional Email

No payment required today. A CENA representative will contact you to finalize dates.

Need something different? CENA can design a customized session or learning pathway around your organization's priorities. Contact us

Ready to explore what AI could do for your organization?

Claim your ILC member discount and tell CENA what your team needs.

Turn AI Curiosity Into Practical Action.

Built for the realities of nonprofit and independent living organizations

Capacity and workload

Information flow and mission impact

Privacy, equity, and transparency

Accountability in higher-risk contexts

What your team can leave with

Practical AI vocabulary and judgment

A responsible AI lens

A shortlist of possible pilots

A lightweight governance approach

Unlock ILC Member Pricing & Customize Pathway

1 Select Your Package

1 Workshop

3 Workshops

7+ Workshops

2 Select Core Modules

3 Contact Information

Your pathway request has been submitted!

Ready to explore what AI could do for your organization?