Researching Process
- During the researching process, I did not encounter any major obstacles. Collecting secondary data regarding Canada and the UBC campus’ food loss and wastage were easily accessible. Especially when researching for Canada’s food wastage data, organizations such as Agricultural and Agri-Food and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations have immense data available on their websites. One of the limitations of collecting secondary data was that the data available could be outdated. The majority of the data attained were from 2010/2011, which could have had little value to the current situation.
Organizing Process
- The organizing process was somewhat challenging due to various types of tasks needed to be done before the event day. For instance, advertising the event through a Facebook event page, posters, emails while carrying out primary research (online questionnaire, on-site observation, and face-to-face interview). Finding the time to conduct a face-to-face interview and carry an on-site observation of the focus groups before and after the event were difficult. Although there were some time constraints, all the tasks were completed accordingly and I managed to finish the project on time.
Writing Formal Report Draft
- Writing formal report draft was done using YOU-attitude style. The previous assignments such as writing business letters and email to Evan Crisp helped to enhance and strengthen my writing style in a professional manner. Interpreting findings and data collections were considerably easy. However, transcribing the face-to-face interview was time-consuming.
Writing Peer Review
- The process of writing peer review was not so challenging. The length of the peer’s formal draft was not significantly lengthy and the report itself was straightforwardly written. Hopefully, I provided thorough and meaningful feedbacks that were beneficial to Sherwin’s final report.