What Mine Shift Foundation does

Mine Shift Foundation is a Vancouver, Canada-based non-profit society founded in 2018 that develops and delivers bystander intervention training to address workplace misconduct and harassment in the mining industry. Its core offering is the DIGGER Training Program, a curriculum built by mining industry professionals and informed by large-scale industry studies including Rio Tinto's 2022 external workplace culture review, which engaged more than 10,000 participants. The organization reports that 621 workers have received bystander intervention training through the program and that 90% of trained workers feel empowered to address inappropriate behaviour in the workplace.

Name

Mine Shift Foundation

Legal name

Mine Shift Foundation

Website

https://mineshift.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Mine Shift Foundation is a Canadian non-profit that delivers the DIGGER Training Program, providing bystander intervention training and resources to mining companies, exploration firms, and industry organizations to prevent workplace harassment and misconduct.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workplace Safety Training

akta.pro primary industry

Mining & Metals (EDABALAT)

Keywords

• Bystander intervention training
• Mining industry safety
• Workplace harassment prevention
• Nonprofit training services
• Corporate compliance training

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. DIGGER Training Program: The organization offers a comprehensive bystander intervention training program called DIGGER Training Program developed by mining industry professionals. As a non-profit society, revenue may be generated through training fees, corporate partnerships, and donations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Mine Shift Foundation delivers the DIGGER Training Program, a bystander intervention training curriculum developed by mining industry professionals to equip mining workers with strategies and tools to address workplace misconduct and shift workplace culture. The foundation complements this training with Canada-wide crisis and legal resources for workplace harassment, industry research reports, and a Bystander Pledge initiative, serving mining companies, exploration firms, and mining education institutions.

Product overview

Mine Shift Foundation operates as a non-profit organization offering the DIGGER Training Program as its primary product—a comprehensive bystander intervention training developed by mining industry professionals. This core training is supported by supplementary resources including Crisis and Legal support services (Canada-wide resources for workplace harassment), Research and Reports (industry research publications), and the Bystander Pledge initiative. Together these offerings form an integrated approach to creating safe, inclusive, and respectful mining workplaces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• DIGGER Training Program: A comprehensive bystander intervention training program that equips workers with guidance on addressing workplace misconduct and shifting workplace culture in the mining industry.

Products and services

• DIGGER Training Program A comprehensive bystander intervention training program developed by mining industry professionals that equips mining workers with strategies and tools to address workplace misconduct and shift workplace culture toward safe, inclusive, and respectful environments. Designed for mining companies, exploration firms, and mining education institutions.
• Crisis and Legal Resources Canada-wide online resources providing help, support, and information for individuals regarding sexual assault or harassment in the workplace. Aimed at mining industry workers and the broader public seeking crisis intervention support.
• Research and Reports Published research and reports on workplace harassment, discrimination, and safety in the mining industry. Targeted at mining industry employers, researchers, policymakers, and the general public.
• Bystander Pledge A pledge initiative inviting individuals to take action and commit to supporting safe, inclusive workplaces in the mining industry. Targeted at individual workers, industry professionals, and supporters of the foundation's mission.

Quantifiable outcome

• 621 workers trained in bystander intervention
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada)minorOthersMining industry association listed as a trusted partner, indicating alignment with Mine Shift's mission to improve workplace culture in the mining sector.
• Mining MattersminorOthersMining industry organization listed as a trusted partner of Mine Shift Foundation.
• CIM (Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum)minorOthersMajor mining industry professional organization listed as a trusted partner of Mine Shift Foundation.
• MERC (Metal Earth)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMERC engaged Mine Shift to educate their researchers on harassment in the exploration and mining industry and provide bystander intervention tools during their safety training week. MERC provides a testimonial praising the organization's impact on preparing students for respectful and safe work environments.
• BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology)minorOthersTechnical institute listed as a trusted partner organization in the mining industry.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Culture Amp: Culture Amp is a large employee-experience platform offering culture surveys, performance management, and learning tools. It operates in the same thematic space of workplace culture improvement but with a technology platform model and a broad enterprise customer base spanning all industries.
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS): CCOHS is a federally supported Canadian organization that delivers workplace safety training, e-learning, and resources across industries. It is a broader incumbent that touches on workplace culture and harassment topics relevant to mining, though with much wider scope and subject coverage.
• VitalSmarts: VitalSmarts is an established corporate training company known for Crucial Conversations and related courses that address difficult workplace conversations and culture. It is a broader incumbent with overlapping training content and far greater scale across all industries.
• The Arbinger Institute: The Arbinger Institute is a workplace training and consulting firm focused on mindset and culture-change interventions. It addresses similar underlying culture and behavior issues that Mine Shift targets in the mining sector, but sells across industries and at significantly larger scale.

Direct peers

• Workplace Safety North: Workplace Safety North is an Ontario-based non-profit health and safety association that delivers training and advisory services to mining and other industries in Canada. Like Mine Shift, it is a Canadian training-focused non-profit serving the mining sector, though its scope extends beyond culture to physical safety.
• Right To Be: Right To Be (formerly Hollaback!) is a non-profit that delivers bystander intervention training to workplaces, schools, and communities. It is the closest direct comparable — same bystander-intervention methodology and similar workplace-culture outcomes — but serves multiple industries rather than mining specifically.
• Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR): MiHR is a Canadian non-profit supporting the mining industry's labour-market and workforce development needs through research and training programs. It is directly comparable on target audience (Canadian mining employers and workers) and on the non-profit, training-driven model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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