Starbucks stores across Canada closed for a portion of the day Monday so employees can undergo what the company is calling “implicit bias” training.

The move comes after Starbucks faced international backlash stemming from an incident in April at a Philadelphia store, where two black men were arrested for trespassing while waiting for a friend at a table without ordering.

Starbucks Canada spokesperson Tim Gallant said in a release last month that the training session in Canada is “designed to address implicit bias, promote conscious inclusion, and ensure everyone inside a Starbucks store feels safe and welcome.”

“We must never be complacent in our desire to be inclusive and to live our Mission and Values in every community we serve,” Starbucks Canada President Michael Conway wrote in an open letter May 4.

Starbucks has over 1,200 company-operated and licensed locations in Canada and employs more than 14,000 full- and part-time staff.

The Seattle-based coffee chain closed more than 8,000 stores in the United States for unconscious bias training last month.