Understanding and Mitigating Bias

As part of the REACH Training initiative, we are delighted to provide this in-person workshop at no cost in partnership with the Centre for Race and Culture, to front-line workers, helping professionals, leadership members, and any community members who aim to take part in supporting Edmonton's community safety.

Taking an intersectional approach, this workshop will help participants to build their understanding of bias and practice steps that can be taken to limit the impact of unconscious biases on our decisions and behaviours. Participants will enhance their self-awareness of their own biases, build understanding of their social conditioning, and examine behaviour versus intention in professed values and daily behaviours. Through case studies and interactive exercises, participants will identify their biases and assumptions, and learn how strategies to mitigate biases at the personal and organizational levels. After participating in this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand and define the concept of unconscious bias
• Recognize personal and organizational biases and the way they impact our behaviours, interactions, and decisions
• Identify and use tools and strategies to mitigate their personal and organizational biases

Steven Lin is passionate about empowering youth to achieve their goals through capacity building, self reflection and soft skill development. Steven has spent the last decade working with various nonprofits to tackle SDG 4 quality education. Some examples include his work with the Alberta Mentorship Program providing high school students the opportunity to develop their leadership skills or working at the Terra Centre to help teen parents advocate for themselves and for policy and system change or the Student Union supporting university students.

"I really appreciated the tools that were shown in this presentation, along with the practical case examples we used in our presentation. It is interesting and offers a platform to reflect upon in our own personal and professional development."

"Steven was an engaging and informative speaker. The session incorporated different engaging activities and reflections which helped keep the pace manageable and, more importantly, enjoyable. Steven and the structure of the session were the highlights for me."

Location:

Commonwealth Community Recreation Centre

Cost:

Registration cost is highly subsidized by REACH Edmonton.

Before you register: Please register only if you are able to attend.
This workshop is offered free of charge to make professional learning accessible to our community. However, space is limited, and we order refreshments based on the number of registered participants.

If your plans change, please cancel your registration as soon as possible so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist. Thank you for helping us make the most of our limited spaces and resources.