The Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR)[1] is a Canadian, non-profit, organization that drives collaboration among mining and exploration companies, organized labour, contractors, educational institutions, industry associations and Indigenous groups to identify opportunities and address the human resource and labour market challenges facing the Canadian minerals and metals sector.

MITAC's goal was to enable Canadian mining companies, unions, and employees to collaborate to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, availability of training and to maximize the skills, adaptability, and employability of the workers in the minerals and metals sector.

After the HRSDC halted funding MITAC's training development initiatives and Youth Opportunities Program in early 2002, they commissioned the council to undertake a sector study.

This research forms the cornerstone of the programs MiHR undertakes to identify opportunities and address the human resource and labour market challenges within the Canadian minerals and metals sector.

It is being expanded as part of the National Essential and Work Readiness (NEWR) Skills Training Program for the mining industry to better represent youth, women and immigrants.