Welcome to the May Newsletter for PACES Vancouver!

In this issue:

• Come join our first meetup!
• Pause on AI petition progress
• Recent news
• Chat with us on Zulip

First Meetup This Sunday

We would love to see you at our first meetup, it's this Sunday May 17!

Share what you have learned, what you and your family have seen in schools, build solidarity with fellow parents and talk about what you want to see PACES do next.

• Where: Mount Pleasant Community Centre, in the Art Room
• When: This Sunday, May 17th 2026, from 1:30pm until 3:00pm

We will have flyers to take home, stuff for kids to do, come say hi!

Petition Has Reached 350 Signatures

Our petition to the BC Ministry of Education and Child Care has gained over 350 signatures in less than a month.

If you have not yet signed it, please take a minute to do so, it really helps show how many people are concerned about this issue.

Recent news

• Removing AI from schools is still best for students (PACES Vancouver)
• Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI (Nature)
• When given two identical datasets, Copilot will invent fake differences
• Privacy report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada finds that OpenAI fails in many, many ways.

Chat with us on Zulip

We are sharing links and organizing events on our Zulip server. If you are interested in learning more or helping out, please join!