MiningWatch Canada

{{Short description|Canadian non-governmental mining oversight organization}}

MiningWatch Canada is a non-governmental organization based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 1999,{{cite web|title=Celebrating 15 Years of Mining Activism|url=http://www.miningwatch.ca/sites/www.miningwatch.ca/files/miningwatch_15_years-15_achievements.pdf|publisher=MiningWatch Canada|access-date=10 April 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413155245/http://www.miningwatch.ca/sites/www.miningwatch.ca/files/miningwatch_15_years-15_achievements.pdf|archivedate=13 April 2014}} it acts as a watchdog of Canada's mining industry.

MiningWatch is part of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability,{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=http://cnca-rcrce.ca/about-us/members/|publisher=Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability|access-date=10 April 2014}} the Canadian Council for International Cooperation,{{cite web|title=Members|url=http://ccic.ca/members/index_e.php|publisher=Canadian Council for International Cooperation|access-date=10 April 2014}} and the Halifax Initiative.{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=http://www.halifaxinitiative.org/content/our-members|publisher=Halifax Initiative|access-date=10 April 2014}}

In Finland, Europe, there is a same kind of organization Kansalaisten kaivosvaltuuskunta – MiningWatch Finland.[https://www.kauppalehti.fi/yritykset/yritys/kansalaisten+kaivosvaltuuskunta+ry/30803939 (in Finnish)]