This conference hosted by University of Mumbai and ISEL will attempt to enrich academic work and deliberate on theoretical frameworks with which one can understand and critically engage with notions of nation, diaspora and the transnational from an interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on South Asian Canadian communities. The conference shall open up possibilities of collaborative research with members of the academic community, government, and other relevant organizations in India and Canada. It will also endeavour to engage South Asian and Canadian writers, film-makers, digital denizens as well as faculty and students in a constructive dialogue about the very nature of mobility and movement both within and without borders.