Simon Bates is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice President, Teaching and Learning at the University of British Columbia and a tenured Professor of Teaching in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Following graduate and postdoctoral work at the interface of computational physics and theoretical chemistry, he has 25 years’ experience working in the area of technology-led educational enhancement and research. As well as leading UBC’s response to integrating generative AI tools into academic offerings, he has been involved in a number of networks and collaborations considering some of the benefits and challenges these tools pose within Higher Education, including a pan-Canadian network of institutions and as Academic Lead for the APRU ‘Generative AI in Education’ project.