[2] Her paternal grandfather, James E. Anderson (b.1899), came from a long line of marriages among Indigenous peoples spanning over five generations.
[5] She received her PhD in history from the University of Guelph in 2010, where her doctoral work focused on the role of Anishinaabek life stage teachings among northern Algonquin women as a site for Indigenous peoples to decolonise and construct healthier futures.
[8] Anderson joined the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at University of Guelph in 2017 and earned a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Relationships in 2018 that runs through 2023.
"[10] Anderson co-founded the Kika'ige Historical Society, a professional performance art group dedicated to upsetting settler narratives while privileging Indigenous ways of knowing and history.
[11] The Kik'aige Historical Society was formed when Anderson and Lianne Leddy protested the installation of a statue of Sir John A. McDonald at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2015.