MEMORANDUM
To: Dr. Erika Paterson of ENGL 301
From: Luke Jang
Date: July 09, 2020
Subject: Progress Report
For the formal report assignment, I have prepared a formal progress plan for the progress report. It entails the details of the audience, purpose of the report, significance of the report, research plan and the writing schedule.
Audience: Head of the Homelessness Prevention Program at BC Housing. The head of the program is in charge of funding the outreach and the support programs which provides help to the people in need of housing or the ones at the risk of being homeless in the near future.
Purpose: The purpose of my report will be in discovering different methods in reducing the homelessness or dealing with the homelessness issues in the city during this global pandemic.
Significance: The investigation into this issue is absolutely crucial since homelessness already has been a major issue in Vancouver, however, now it is showing even more problems during this difficult time with the soar of crime rate involving the homeless. For the sake of the well-being of the homeless and the general public, it would be worthwhile to investigate this issue.
Research Plan:
-Come up with an efficient interview plan for gathering information including the list of people and the time and date for the interview
-Neatly put together all the information gathered from the people I interviewed
-Research more relevant data regarding the issue that I’m investigating via other media like the internet
-Neatly put together all the information gathered from internet search
-Prepare to write a formal report
Writing Schedule:
-Prepare to interview the right people [11 July 2020]
-Interview the people I chose [13-17 July 2020]
-Gather more relevant information through different media [20-22 July 2020]
-Putting together and organizing my gathered information [22-24 July 2020]
-Writing the report [27-31 July 2020]
-Draft preparation and publish [01 Aug 2020]
Survey link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eeV85XSzA8AyXFzENoSQh17LvfO4CsJysx_KOOMy0rs/edit?usp=sharing
Hello Luke,
Thank you for this progress Report, Luke, please include your interview questions for approval – they should be attached to this report memo. When you have attached the interview questions, please alert me with an email and link to your questions (erika.paterson@ubc.ca) Thank you.