NEWS - SIM Social Work Research Lab

Now Available—Uncertain Feelings, Feeling Uncertain: A Simulation-Based Study on Countertransference in Clinical Social Work

Ruxandra Gheorghe, a PhD Candidate with the School of Social Work, alongside members of the SIM Lab, recently published the article titled Uncertain Feelings, Feeling …

New Research Funding: Holding Tension- Navigating Mastery and Non-Mastery in Social Work

The SIM Social Work Research Lab is delighted to announce that Holding Tension: Navigating Mastery and Non-Mastery in Social Work received a SSHRC Insight Grant …

CASWE Presentations

This year CASWE-ACFTS conference will be in Ottawa from June 4th-7th! The SIM Social Work Research Lab will be there presenting on a variety of …

Upcoming Presentation at CASWE

Come join us at Canadian Association for Social Work Education for our presentation, Lived Experience in Social Work Simulations: Educators’ Reflections on Possibilities and Tensions …

Now Available- Training Actors: A Primer for Social Work Educators Working with Standardized Clients (SCs) in Classroom Simulations

Members of the SIM Lab recently published Training Actors: A Primer for Social Work Educators Working with Standardized Clients (SCs) in Classroom Simulations. This article …

SIM Associates and Affiliates at the 2025 Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma

Drs. Stephanie Baird (Lab Affiliate), Mariama Diallo and Sarah Tarshis (Lab Associate) were at the 2025 Symposium on Child and Youth Trauma in Montreal this …

Now Available—Fostering Relational Ethics in Research Teams

New article alert! Lindy Van Vliet, alongside other scholars including the Lab’s Research Associate Sarah Tarshis, Co-Director Katherine Occhiuto, Director Sarah Todd, Lab Manager and …

Now Available—Simulation, Uncertainty, and the role of Supervision

New article alert! Our Lab Research Associate Sarah Tarshis, alongside other scholars including the Lab’s Co-Director Katherine Occhiuto, Research Associate Karen Sewell, Lab Manager and …