Kim Anderson (professor)

Kim Anderson was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario.[1] Her paternal grandmother, Catherine Anne Sanderson (b.1902) was the granddaughter of the Métis voyageur, Thomas Sanderson.[2] Her paternal grandfather, James E. Anderson (b.1899), came from a long line of marriages among Indigenous peoples spanning over five generations.[2] Kim Anderson's work in educational tourism, community-based education, and cross cultural education afforded her many travels in her youth.[3] But, when she became a mother in 1995, she began to research and write about motherhood and culture-based understandings of Indigenous womanhood.[3]

Kim Anderson
NationalityCree Metis, Canadian

Kim Anderson is an associate professor at the University of Guelph, and is affiliated with the Department of Family Relations and Human Development in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. Anderson is an Indigenous (Metis) scholar with a research focus on Indigenous mothering, Indigenous feminism, Indigenous masculinities, and Indigenous knowledge in urban settings.[4] She holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Relationships, and leads a research team exploring the Indigenous concept of “all my relations" - an Indigenous expression of gratitude and connection - and how these relationships are developed and maintained among urban Indigenous populations.[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.[6] Her M.A. is in Adult Education and Sociology and Equity Studies from University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, and she earned an Honours B.A. as an English Specialist from the University of Toronto as well.[7]

Anderson has also worked as a consultant for Indigenous organizations and communities for twenty years.[8]

Career

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. She aims to "Indigenize the campus" through a range of programs including language training, food and medicine gardens on campus, and ceremonial spaces.[9]

Anderson has published multiple single- and co-authored books, including:

Editorial Contributions
  • Injichaag: My Soul in Story: Anishinaabe Poetics in Art and Words (University of Manitoba Press, 2019). ISBN 9780887558993
  • Lawrence, Bonita; Anderson, Kim (2003). Strong women stories : native vision and community survival. Toronto: Sumach Press. ISBN 1-894549-21-X. OCLC 52070537.

Prior to joining the faculty at University of Guelph, Anderson served as associate professor in Indigenous Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University from 2011 to 2016. In much of her work, Anderson has engaged in collaborative community research and programming, such as the "Biidwewidam Indigenous Masculinities" project that received a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant in 2014 and involved the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC) and the Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) to build "research capacity around Indigenous masculinities and identities with the intent of contributing to the health and wellness of Indigenous communities and peoples."[10]

Activism and Formation of Kika'ige Historical Society

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.[12] The two dressed in prisoner's uniforms and sat beneath the Sir John A. McDonald protest for several days.[12] The Kika'ige Historical Society has also contested Canadian confederation's silencing of Indigenous histories with the "Grannies of Confederation" painting.[12]

References
  1. "Kim Anderson". Strong Nations.
  2. "Our People | Family Relations & Applied Nutrition". family.uoguelph.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  3. "Kim Anderson". Strong Nations.
  4. "Kim Anderson | Family Relations & Applied Nutrition". www.uoguelph.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  5. Government of Canada, Industry Canada (2012-11-29). "Canada Research Chairs". www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  6. "Indigenous Studies Portal :: Indigenous Studies Portal". iportal.usask.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  7. "Kim Anderson | Family Relations & Applied Nutrition". family.uoguelph.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  8. "Indigenous Health Research Development Program". Board Member: Kim Anderson.
  9. "U of G Gets $3.4 Million From Canada Research Chairs Program". U of G News. 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  10. ExpertFile. "Kim Anderson Associate Professor, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition - Expert with University of Guelph | ExpertFile". expertfile.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  11. "Kika'ige Historical Society". Shekon Neechie. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  12. "The resistance continues as Canada 150 comes to an end". Windspeaker.com. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
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