Heidi Cook was placed with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC), an organization of eleven Ojibwe tribes in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. She learned about the implementation of Treaties between the Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) and the United States government, in particular with regard to resource co-management.
She also participated in biological assessments of Siscowet trout of Lake Superior and cultural projects including recipe testing for a traditional foods cookbook.

REMISA project, India

Janna Barkman and Alejandro Dominguez-Suberbie spent ten weeks in Anchetty, Tamil Nadu, India working in the Revalorizing Small Millets in Rainfed Regions of South Asia (RESMISA) project which is funded by the International Development Research Council (IDRC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Local NGOs and academics of Tamil Nadu have expressed concern in the loss of varieties and local indigenous knowledge (IK) related to small millets and associated crops which are increasing threats to local food security.

The project examines the value of IK learning and explores possibilities of bridging informal learning mechanisms with formal learning institutions as a way to promote IK transmission and support community food-security initiatives. Janna used participatory research methodologies to identify local learning dimensions which may support or discourage food security initiatives.