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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 …
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 …
Congratulations! Winners of 2024 Best Research Note
Congratulations! On December 10th 2024, the academic social work journal Families in Society awarded one of our articles, Guidelines for Using Simulations in Qualitative Research …