Implicit biases and language-aware University community -training 28.10.2025
28.10.2025 at 9.00 - 11.00 - welcome!
The objective of this training is to make participants aware of their implicit biases. By knowing and understanding your own biases, you can better take into account their impact on your work, decisions and other people. The event is in parallel language – Finnish and English. Questions and comments can be submitted in Finnish, Swedish and English. Training is organised in the Zoom. This is training for both students and staff.
PROGRAM - on Minna Canth Equality Day
- Welcome words, Equality Advisor Timo Valtonen
- BIAS-video (The Royal Society)
I Educators
- Basics, implicit bias and language inclusion, Specialist Yacine Kalke
- Understanding and recognizing implicit bias, Counselling Psychologists Johanna Björklund
- Questions, comments
Break at 10.00
II Part of the online training series of THL and YLE Areena:
- Joint discussion
- Closing words, Timo Valtonen
More information: tasa-arvovastaava@helsinki.fi
Photo: Anniina Sjöblom (University of Helsinki)