https://hfjc.library.ubc.ca/index.php/HFJC/issue/feed 2023-10-20T13:06:46-07:00 Dr. Shannon S. D. Bredin shannon.bredin@ubc.ca Open Journal Systems <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-CA"><strong>Health &amp; Fitness Journal of Canada (ISSN 1920-6216) </strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN-CA">The Health &amp; Fitness Journal of Canada provides an effective medium for health and fitness practitioners, researchers, instructors, and the general population to provide insight into unique and innovative practice in health and fitness. It is our goal to make a journal that can be applied directly to improve the health and well-being of society.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </p> <div id="peerReviewProcess"> <p><strong>Peer Review Process</strong></p> <p>All manuscripts are subject to double blind peer-review by a minimum of two external readers, in addition to review by the editors.</p> <div class="separator"><strong>Publication Frequency</strong></div> </div> <div id="publicationFrequency"> <p><em>The Health &amp; Fitness Journal of Canada</em> publishes quarterly. Issues are published approximately once every three months (i.e., four issues per annum).</p> <div class="separator"><strong>Open Access Policy</strong></div> </div> <div id="openAccessPolicy"> <p>This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. There are no author fees whatsoever (e.g., <strong>no submission fees, no article processing charges, etc.</strong>).</p> </div> https://hfjc.library.ubc.ca/index.php/HFJC/article/view/830 2023-08-31T13:00:27-07:00 Rosalin M. Miles rosalin.miles@ubc.ca Maddison I. Chow maddison.chow@hotmail.com Gemma Tomasky gemma.tomasky@gmail.com Shannon S. D. Bredin shannon.bredin@ubc.ca Kai L. Kaufman kai_kaufman@hotmail.com Darren E. R. Warburton darren.warburton@ubc.ca

<p><strong>Background:</strong> The term holistic is commonly used in Canadian academia and healthcare settings to address the whole of something rather than its individual parts. We argue that the term wholistic should be seen to hold a distinctive meaning and be used in place of the term holistic, especially when relating to Indigenous pedagogies, cultures, practices, traditions, health, and wellness. We contend that the term wholistic is more inclusive of Indigenous ways of knowing, understanding, being, and doing. This includes being more reflective of the coming together of the four elements in life encompassing the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental elements of wellbeing as reflected in the Medicine Wheel. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> The term wholistic is also consistent with the Indigenous tenets of wholeness and wholism. Therefore, we recommend that the term wholistic be incorporated into academic literature and healthcare settings, serving as a more culturally respectful, relevant, and safe term that reflects Indigenous perspectives, traditions, cultures, and practices.</p>

2023-09-30T00:00:00-07:00 Copyright (c) 2023 Rosalin M. Miles, Maddison I. Chow, Gemma Tomasky, Shannon S. D. Bredin, Kai L. Kaufman, Darren E. R. Warburton