This priority area focuses on human resources-specific research activities that contribute to a sustainable mining industry. Providing increased intelligence to industry stakeholders will enable the sector to proactively address labour market challenges such as: recruitment, retention, diversification and training, etc. By identifying labour market supply and demand gaps, industry and other stakeholders can take practical measures to ensure that the risks associated with a shortage (or surplus) of labour can be mitigated.

The goals of this priority area are:

• to provide accurate labour market information and forecasting that will enable mining industry stakeholders to proactively plan and manage the industry's workforce
• to raise awareness and understanding of publicly-funded programs available at the federal, provincial and territorial levels that support the activities of the mining industry

Labour Market Issue

This priority area addresses the lack of up-to-date labour market information (LMI) on the Canadian mining industry. There is also a lack of awareness and understanding of the publicly-funded programs available to help the mining industry address its human resources challenges. By conducting research-based activities, aggregating and analyzing multiple sources of data, and disseminating the findings, MiHR will provide increased intelligence to our industry stakeholders and ensure that our programming is responsive to industry needs.

Objectives

• Research, analyze, forecast and disseminate labour market, human resources and other information relevant to the mining sector (i.e. labour market intelligence, sector studies, occupational supply and demand forecasts, and other pertinent research).
• Provide up-to-date information, analysis and recommendations on publicly funded policy and programming that significantly affects the sector's ability to plan for the future.
• Provide public policy support to mining industry associations.