REGULATING PSYCHOLOGISTS IN NOVA SCOTIA SINCE 1980

I have received an offer of acceptance for Concordia University of Edmonton’s Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology program for Fall 2021. This is the first year for the program, so it is not yet accredited, but it seems to follow CPA guidelines and is similar to other PsyD programs in Canada (a five-year program requiring 123 credit hours, including dissertation credits and a year-long (1,600-hour) internship/clinical residency).

My plan is to practice in Nova Scotia as a Clinical Psychologist after completing the program, so before accepting my offer I wanted to confirm that the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology recognizes their program. I have attached a link to the program’s website for reference. Thank you.

https://concordia.ab.ca/faculty-arts/graduate-programs/psyd/

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I have received an offer of acceptance for Concordia University of Edmonton’s Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) in Clinical Psychology program for Fall 2021. This is the first year for the program, so it is not yet accredited, but it seems to follow CPA guidelines and is similar to other PsyD programs in Canada (a five-year program requiring 123 credit hours, including dissertation credits and a year-long (1,600-hour) internship/clinical residency).

My plan is to practice in Nova Scotia as a Clinical Psychologist after completing the program, so before accepting my offer I wanted to confirm that the Nova Scotia Board of Examiners in Psychology recognizes their program. I have attached a link to the program’s website for reference. Thank you.

https://concordia.ab.ca/faculty-arts/graduate-programs/psyd/

Category: Applicant

As NSRP has not yet examined any applicants with completed applications from the Program, the NSRP is unable to preapprove the program. However, from the information available about the program from the university’s website, we did not see any deficiencies. You are welcome to review below referenced document from NSRP that discusses approved programs and the kinds of challenges that are typically seen with programs that are unacceptable to the NSRP.

https://www.ns-rp.ca/downloads/Acceptable_programs_NSBEP.pdf 

Reference: 
Concordia University of Edmonton
Posted on December 29, 2021
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