Education
Chris attended White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville, Ontario until his senior year and then graduated as an Ontario Scholar from Milton District High School in 1977. After graduating from high school he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1982. Hadfield conducted post-graduate research and obtained a master's degree in aviation systems at the University of Tennessee Space Institute in 1993.
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