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Kelsey Mooney ( MEd ' 22 ) at Convocation in October 2022 Photo credit : Shuana Niessen
From a young age , Kelsey Mooney dreamed of becoming a psychologist . To this end , after graduating from high school in her home town of Watrous , she completed her undergraduate degree , an Honours Bachelor of Science ( with a Psychology Specialist , Criminology Major and a Sociology Minor ), at the University of Toronto .
Following graduation , with a desire to return home to be closer to family and friends , Kelsey moved back to Saskatchewan to continue her educational journey . Beyond her move , however , Kelsey felt some uncertainty about which route she should take to further her education : " I was uncertain on whether clinical or educational psychology was the right route for me , so I applied to both clinical and educational psychology programs and was admitted to the Educational Psychology program at the University of Regina in 2020 . I chose the thesis route specifically because I wanted the option to potentially pursue a doctorate degree in the future and knew that completing a master ’ s thesis would prepare me well for doctoral research ," says Kelsey .
The idea for the topic for her thesis took root in the first year of Kelsey ' s M . Ed . program . Growing up heavily involved in the world www2 . uregina . ca / education / news