DEFINE INDIAN is an evolving series of panel discussions that fosters an inter-communal dialogue between South Asian and First Nations arts communities. Connected to the practice and process of education, these discussions are set in academic institutions across Canada.

Tribe, A Centre for the Evolving Aboriginal Media, Visual and Performing Arts Inc and SAVAC, the South Asian Visual Arts Collective sent out a call for artists, curators or anyone interested to answer a questionnaire designed to address the similar status between the First Nations and South Asian arts communities. SAVAC and TRIBE collaborated in order to bring forth recognition of their similar status as artist-run-centres without a gallery space and which serve specific cultural communities. This dialogue begins the building blocks of an ongoing relationship between the two communities and organizations.

The panel will consist of artists and academics from both cultural communities; discussants will include Zainab Amadahy (Toronto), Dana Claxton (Vancouver), Nadia Kurd (Toronto), Ashok Mathur (Vancouver), Pravin Pillay (Vancouver/Saskatoon) and Adrian Stimson (Saskatoon).