Call for Papers – Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health

Call for Papers: Volume 7 Number 1
General Issue

Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health is a peer reviewed, web-based journal published at least twice each year by Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA), in partnership with the CRCAH in Australia http://www.crcah.org.au/), Papa Ola Lokahi in Hawaii (http://www.papaolalokahi.org/) and the International Indigenous Council for Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. The articles are multidisciplinary, and of interest to a wide range of readers, including both community and academic researchers. Our peer review process includes an academic and a community-based reviewer for each article. As of January, 2009 we will have six volumes and 13 issues published.The goal of the Pimatisiwin Journal is to promote the sharing of knowledge and research experience between researchers, health professionals, and Aboriginal leaders and community members. The journal provides a forum for this diverse population to publish on research process and findings in a crossdisciplinary, cross-cultural setting. The primary focus is on health and health research in Indigenous communities, broadly defined. Articles can be of interest to many fields, including sociological, psychological, medical, anthropological, experiential, methodological, both qualitative and quantitative in nature.

All Access Policy: Our all access policy ensures that the articles published in Pimatisiwin are available to everyone interested in this area, free of charge. The benefits of this format include the expansion our readership and our increased ability to attract new contributors from communities in other countries. It has strengthened the network of communities and health researchers sharing their strategies with each other. Of course, this system is much more economic to publish, which reduces the cost of the journal, ensuring the sustainability of Pimatisiwin.

Indexing: Pimatisiwin is currently indexed in the following databases:
• Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/)
• NEOS Library Consortium (http://www.neoslibraries.ca/)
• First Nation Information Connection
• Bibliography of Native North Americans
(http://www.silverplatter.com/catalog/bnna.htm)
• Native Health Database
• CABI International (www.cabi.org)

Please see the journal’s web site for guidelines for authors.

Our deadline for submission of draft articles for this issue is February 28/09
Please send an email to indicate your intention to submit:
patti-laboucane@ncsa.ca
Volume 7 Number 1 will be published on-line July, 2009