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8078              KIRK & MARIE-FRANCE THORNTON


 

Carr-Harris Cup 2024

1 Buckingham Court                                                                                     

Kingston, Ontario                                                                                         

K7K 6V8                                                                                                       

E-mail:    kirkthornton@icloud.com

Telephone: (613) 483-0945

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2010 - Present  Retired - Armoured Officer with the Royal Canadian Dragoons

1999 - 2010     Consulting Services - Personal Service Contracts

1996-1998       Deputy Base Commander, CFB Kingston, Kingston, Ont

1995-1996              Project Director Kingston Garrison Study  CFB Kingston, Kingston, Ont 

1992-1995              Senior Canadian Officer Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps Headquarters, Germany

 1989-1992              Directing Staff/Dean Canadian Land Forces Command & Staff College, Kingston, Ont

 1986-1989              Commandant Royal Canadian Armoured Corps School CFB Gagetown, Oromocto, N.B.

 1969-1986       Command and Staff Appointments: Petawawa, Ont.; Lahr, Germany; Gagetown, N.B.; St Hubert,                         P.Q.

EDUCATION

1998-1999              Masters of Applied Military Science Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ont.                

1998                             Senior Officer Leadership Effectiveness Symposium

1996                             Project Management Course, Training and Development Canada

1992-1995              Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education, University of Manitoba, Manitoba

1984                             Technical Staff Officers’ Course, Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham, England

1979-1980              Canadian Forces Command and Staff College, Toronto, Ont.

1976                              Canadian Land Forces Command and Staff College, Kingston, Ont.

1972                              Canadian Forces Staff School, Toronto, Ont.

1965-1969              Bachelor of Science, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston, Ont.

 FAMILY

 Katherine (Curtis); Owen, Brooklyn and Morgan

Steven (RADM) (Tasha): Andrew (MCPL), Kelsey and MacKenzie

CURRENT ACTIVITIES

Volunteering - Providence Care Hospital Kingston

Golfing

Long walks

LANGUAGES

Bilingual (English and French)

THEN - 1965                                                                                                   NOW - 2024



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