{"id":1236,"date":"2026-03-05T10:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T15:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/cutheme-homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:08:03","slug":"cutheme-homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/","title":{"rendered":"SIM Social Work Research Lab &#8211; Carleton University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/Webp.net-resizeimage-5-400x175.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        SIM Social Work Research Lab\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIM_LOGO_BLK.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:523px;height:336px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIM_LOGO_BLK.png 523w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIM_LOGO_BLK-160x103.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIM_LOGO_BLK-240x154.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIM_LOGO_BLK-400x257.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIM_LOGO_BLK-360x231.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SIM Social Work Research Lab\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l437VTPyaMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"what-is-simulation-based-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Simulation-based Research?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Simulation refers to a situation where a student or a practitioner engages with a simulated \u201cclient\u201d (i.e., actors, artificial intelligence technology) portraying a designed character and scenario similar to those encountered in&nbsp; practice. Simulation-based research can be categorized into the following two types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research on simulation as a pedagogical approach in teaching professional practice, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research that uses simulation as a methodology to research practice behaviours among students and professionals.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5374\" height=\"3583\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51.jpg 5374w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-51-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5374px) 100vw, 5374px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row-reverse mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 60%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h2 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The Lab\n                    <\/h2>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                            \n\n<p>The lab is designed to reflect a realistic practice environment and includes a waiting and counselling room. The furniture in these rooms is moveable to replicate a broad range of agency and institutional settings, and to accommodate work with individuals, families, and small groups. The rooms are equipped with the latest AV Technologies. The counselling room includes a large screen for interacting with AI clients, and shares a one-way mirror to the observation room\/office with computer equipment and access to a variety of research software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab is on the 11<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;floor of Dunton Tower at Carleton University.<\/p>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"cu-textmedia-bgimg flex-1 rounded-xl bg-no-repeat bg-cover \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/simlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/226\/SIMLab-47-768x1152.jpg); background-position: 34% 72%; transform: scale(1);\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n    \n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--grey cu-section--cards ml-offset-center  md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;&quot;1&quot;,&quot;blockHeader&quot;&#x3A;&quot;News&quot;,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;grey&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;viewmore&quot;,&quot;pageLink&quot;&#x3A;&quot;https&#x3A;&#x5C;&#x2F;&#x5C;&#x2F;carleton.ca&#x5C;&#x2F;simlab&#x5C;&#x2F;news&#x5C;&#x2F;&quot;,&quot;showImages&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;listing&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;post&quot;,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;category&quot;,&quot;showDates&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showTimeToRead&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showExcerpts&quot;&#x3A;true,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl bg-cu-black-50 max-w-screen-2xl mx-auto rounded-xl px-6 py-5 md:px-14 md:py-12 md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                            \n\n\n<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h2 id=\"news\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] pb-4 after:w-8 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        News\n    <\/h2>\n\n    <\/header>\n        \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            category\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"w-full max-w-5xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component-updated not-prose\">\n            <ul class=\"grid cu-stackedlist--posts cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n\n                                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container bg-white p-6 md:p-8 !my-0\">\n    <div class=\"flex flex-col @lg:md:flex-row gap-5 @lg:md:gap-7 h-full\">\n        \n        <div class=\"flex flex-col flex-1 gap-3\">\n\n            \n                <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3 \">\n        <div class=\"flex flex-row w-full gap-1\">\n                                        <time datetime=\"2026-04-12T10:39:39-04:00\" class=\"block italic text-sm text-cu-black-600\">\n        \n    <\/time>\n\n                                            <\/div>        \n        \n    \n    <h3 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Now Available- Training Actors: A Primer for Social Work Educators Working with Standardized Clients (SCs) in Classroom Simulations\n    <\/h3>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            Members of the SIM Lab recently published Training Actors: A Primer for Social Work Educators Working with Standardized Clients (SCs) in Classroom Simulations. 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