Restorative Justice

Meet Craig

Craig Whitton is the founder of Authentik Consulting and Training, specializing in helping leaders thrive during disruptions and transformations, including managing conflicts small and large. With over 18 years of service in higher education, Craig has contributed to institutions such as the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the University of Alberta, the University of Guelph, and North Island College. His extensive experience includes strategic planning for international non-profits, leading emergency responses, and driving transformative change in post-secondary institutions.

Craig has honed his skills as an expert practitioner of Restorative Justice throughout his career managing thousands of conflicts and conduct cases, from roommate disputes to acts of targeted violence. Craig holds an MSc in Risk, Crisis, and Disaster Management, and this academic foundation is complemented by extensive training in investigations, trauma-informed interviewing, and sexual violence prevention and response. All of this experience comes together in his Restorative Behaviour Management for Leaders training, sought after by higher education institutions, human resources professionals, community leagues, and educators alike. Craig brings these skills to life for other leaders to apply every day using his knack for storytelling, his person-focused authentic approach, and his step-by-step approach to building the competency of his learners.

Craig is also an award-winning presenter and facilitator, known for his engaging training style and expertise in leadership development, conflict management, and big disruptions. His sessions leave a lasting impact on his audiences by blending storytelling, systems thinking, and a good bit of fun.

Beyond his professional life, Craig is an adventurer at heart, and has traveled around the world and from the Arctic to the Amazon and most points in between. A dual citizen of Ireland and Canada, he currently lives in the traditional and unceded territory of the K’omoks First Nation with his wife, son, cat, dog, and motorcycle—please refrain from asking which is his favorite. Before starting Authentik Consulting and Training in Comox BC, he spent 12 years learning from the Cree and Metis people who call Treaty 6 territory in Northern Alberta home, and before that he was formally educated in the land of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation in Guelph, Ontario. He grew up in the traditional territory of the Anishinabe people in Northern Ontario, and to this day most at home in a tent under the trees of Canada’s Boreal forest. Each of these places and peoples shaped who he is, and he is deeply committed to Truth and Reconciliation. If you’d like to learn more about how you can help, check out the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation online.