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Who We Are
Our Team
The Trauma Wise Institute brings together deep expertise in trauma-responsive practices, Indigenous partnerships, and mining industry dynamics.
Our founding team combines decades of experience across psychology, Indigenous healing traditions, workplace safety, and organizational development. We've assembled specialists who understand both the human dimensions of workplace trauma and the operational realities of modern mining.
Our Expertise Includes:
- Advanced training in trauma-informed care and psychological safety
- Deep relationships with Indigenous communities and knowledge keepers
- Extensive background in high risk operations and safety management
- Certified expertise in psychological health and safety standards
- Proven experience in organizational change and culture transformation
- Published research in workplace wellbeing and resilience
- 30 years of experience working directly in high-risk industries
- Formal education in human resources, mental health leadership, and trauma recovery
What Makes Us Different
We're not consultants who study mining from the outside—we're practitioners who understand it from within. Our team includes professionals who've:
- Worked directly with mining communities and operations
- Implemented successful trauma-responsive programs in high-risk industries
- Partnered with Indigenous communities on healing initiatives
- Led safety transformations in complex industrial environments
- Researched and published on workplace psychological safety
We bring together evidence-based practices from psychology, time-tested wisdom from Indigenous traditions, and practical insights from industrial experience. This unique combination allows us to create solutions that are both transformational and implementable.
Our Approach
While we're newly established as the Trauma Wise Institute, our framework builds on:
- Proven trauma-responsive methodologies already successful in healthcare and education
- Indigenous healing practices that have sustained communities for millennia
- Established psychological safety research from leading institutions
- Real-world insights from mining professionals who've lived these challenges
- Evidence-based approaches that have transformed other high-risk industries
We're not starting from scratch—we're adapting proven solutions to mining's unique context, guided by experts who understand both the human and operational sides of this transformation.
Our Foundation
The Trauma Wise Institute emerged from a simple observation: mining has mastered operational excellence but struggles with human excellence. Our founders recognized that the tools exist—trauma-responsive practices, Indigenous wisdom, psychological safety frameworks—they just haven't been integrated for mining.
We're building on:
- Research Foundation: Drawing from established trauma and resilience research
- Indigenous Partnership: Collaborating with Elders and knowledge keepers from day one
- Industry Insight: Guided by professionals with decades in mining
- Proven Methods: Adapting frameworks already successful in other sectors
- Academic Rigor: Grounded in peer-reviewed research and best practices
Our Commitment:
As a pioneer, we bring fresh perspectives unburdened by "how things have always been done." We're committed to:
- Transparent communication about our journey and development
- Collaborative partnership with early adopter clients
- Continuous refinement based on real-world implementation
- Rigorous measurement and documentation of outcomes
- Building the evidence base for Human-Centered Safety in mining
Why Now?
The Trauma Wise Institute launches at a critical moment for mining:
• Workforce shortages demanding new approaches to retention
• ESG requirements elevating human factors
• Indigenous partnerships requiring trauma-responsive engagement
• Mental health crisis accelerated by pandemic impacts
• New generation of workers expecting psychologically safe workplaces
We're not too early—we're exactly on time. The mining companies that partner with us now will lead the industry's human-centered transformation.
Our Invitation
We're looking for forward-thinking mining companies ready to be pioneers in Human-Centered Safety. As our founding partners, you'll:
• Shape the development of our certification framework
• Receive preferred pricing and priority support
• Contribute to building the evidence base
• Lead your peers in mining's next evolution
• Transform your workplace while we refine our approach together
This is more than consulting—it's partnership in creating mining's future.
Contact Information
Ready to Transform Your Mining Operation?
Start your Human-Centered Safety journey today.
Email: info@traumawiseinstitute.com
Phone: 905-244-8030
LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/trauma-wise-institute/
A Personal Note from The Founders
"I've stood at too many workplace memorials, reading names of workers who were more than statistics—they were humans with families, dreams, and stories cut short. But I've also witnessed the transformation when companies choose to see their workers as whole humans. I've seen Indigenous communities move from opposition to partnership. I've seen 'dangerous' workers become safety leaders. I've seen the hardest industries in the world become a place of healing. This isn't just possible—it's profitable, practical, and profound. Human-Centered Safety isn't the future of mining. It's the only way mining has a future."
– Amanda Willet Co-Founder, Trauma Wise Institute
