Unreserved: Reclaiming space and making room in indigenous Canada

In order to strengthen any community we must make room for everyone — and that's not always easy.

Growth can be slow and challenging; it means reaching out of your comfort zone and welcoming new possibilities, ideas, and perceptions. Even those that may make you uncomfortable.

It means reclaiming a space by those who had been erased or stepping back from old images to see the bigger picture. Sometimes it even means giving up the space for others to fill.

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Today on Unreserved:

After eight days, a Toronto-based illustrator ends his project to tweet an image of a missing and murdered indigenous women once a day to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Evan Munday stopped the drawings after families raised concerns about the cartoon-like depictions.

Indigenizing the University of Regina: How future graduates will be more knowledgeable about First Nations history and culture thanks to university's new five-year strategic plan. Shauneen Pete speaks to us about how she aims to make the university more welcoming for indigenous students and culture.

Meanwhile, a Quebec community celebrates the return of one of the missing.

And reclaiming the roles of LGBTQ people in indigenous cultures: How a Cree man from Alberta is working to restore traditional views of Two-Spirit people.

Also, up-and-coming filmmaker Elle-Maija Tailfeathers talks about her short film Bihttos. The film examines the love story between her parents, a Blackfoot mother and Sami father, and the surprising twist that she discovered about her father.

We'll also hear music from: Don Amero, Leela Gilday, Billy Grind, Leonard Sumner and Lightening Cloud.

Tune into CBC Radio One after the 5 p.m. news in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nunavut, and after the 4 p.m. news in Yukon and the N.W.T. for these stories and more on Unreserved. You can also listen on demand.