A Professor of nursing at UBC, Joan M. Anderson co-edited:

Painting the maple: essays on race, gender, and the construction of Canada. Vancouver (UBC Press, 1998)

Cross-Cultural Caring: A Handbook for Health Professionals, Second Edition (UBC Press, 2005)

[BCBW 2005]

Review of the author's work by BC Studies:
Painting the Maple: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Construction of Canada