Announcing the CAN-Sim Research and Innovation Grant Recipients for 2025

We’re excited to announce the 2025 CAN-Sim Research and Innovation Grant Recipients:

Congratulations to the first CAN-Sim Innov2Learn Research and Innovation Grant Recipient:

Dr. Anila Virani from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, is the first recipient of the CAN-Sim Innov2Learn Research and Innovation Grant. The grant will fund her project entitled AISimSpeak: An AI-Powered Simulation Platform for Nursing Education

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CAN-Sim is now affiliated with SESAM:

Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, Co-President of CAN-Sim and Dr. Pier Luigi Ingrassia, President of SESAM the Society for Simulation in Europe, signed an affiliate agreement between the two organizations on June 27, 2025 at the SESAM Conference in Valencia, Spain.

From local roots to global reach: The CAN-Sim journey of advancing nursing simulation education and research

June 24, 2025: Born from a shared vision to advance simulation-based education and research, what started with a small group of passionate nurse educators has grown into a thriving global organization with more than 3,500 members across 70 countries. Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude, Associate Professor in the Queen’s School of Nursing and co-President of the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators using Simulation (CAN-Sim), shares her reflections on delivering their first research conference in 2025.

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Dr. Marian Luctkar-Flude and Dr. Jane Tyerman, Co-Presidents of CAN-Sim, accept the SSH Virtual Simulation 2023 Innovation Award for their leadership and innovation in creating virtual simulation games for nursing education.

CAN-Sim Presidents sign affiliation agreement with Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH) President at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in Orlando, Jan 24, 2023.

Congratulations to CAN-Sim member Laura Killam, recipient of a 2023 SSH Early Career Research Award for her project on student experiences of virtual simulation co-creation.

CAN-Sim wins 2021 COUPN Award for Strategic Contribution to Nursing Education!

In a nursing education landscape greatly disrupted due to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation (CAN-Sim) has stepped up to the plate…

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CAN-Sim Virtual Simulation Game (VSG) Design Workshops

Individuals or organizations can book or register for a CAN-Sim VSG Design Workshop in one of three formats: in-person, online or hybrid delivery. Participants will experience writing learning outcomes and assessment rubrics, developing decision point maps with rationale, writing filming scripts, filming over zoom and/or filming in the simulation lab, and assembling video clips into a VSG using the CAN-Sim VSG template.

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Clinical Simulation Scenarios

CAN-Sim Full Members (Paid & Contributing Members) have access to over 100 peer-reviewed clinical simulations on a variety of clinical topics.

Virtual Simulation Games (VSGs)

CAN-Sim Paid & Contributing Members have access to over 150 VSGs. CAN-Sim General and Student Members have access to over 50 open access VSGs and escape rooms.

Webinars & Videos

CAN-Sim Members have access to monthly webinars on a variety of simulation education topics. Members can access past webinars, educational videos and trailers on our YouTube Channel.

Resources & Research

CAN-Sim Members have access to a directory of open-access simulation resources and a list of member publications. CAN-Sim Paid & Contributing Members can join the Simulation Research Interest Group.

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Featured Open-Access
Virtual Simulation Games

The following virtual simulation games are free to use without a membership

Responding to Racism in the Classroom and Clinical Settings

Virtual simulations to support health professions students and instructors to address racism.

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Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI) Nursing

The toolkit consists of five lessons, including four virtual simulation games of varying lengths, in a variety of settings, and across a range of professional expertise. Additional resources are housed on the website.

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Essential Skills Training For Healthcare Workers

This series of VSGs aims to strengthen the capacity of graduating nursing students, new front-line nurses, nurses returning to work, and other healthcare workers to provide care during the COVID-19 health crisis.

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Developing Public Health Nursing Competencies Through Virtual Simulation Games

This series of VSGs aims to develop public health nursing competencies in community assessment, health promotion, and program planning, implementation and evaluation.

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Vaccine Conversations

The toolkit consists of three bilingual virtual simulation modules, involving in a variety of practitioners regard vaccine hesitancy conversations Additional resources are housed on the website.

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Wound Assessment and Management

This educational toolbox consists of four Virtual Simulation Games (VSGs), of varying lengths, in a variety of settings and across a range of wound types. The toolbox includes a virtual pre-quiz and post-quiz for users to assess their knowledge.

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