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Running Head: CRITICAL RESEARCH REPORT
Critical Research Report:
Sustainability Snapshot 2: Greater Vancouver/ Sea to Sky Region
Simon Fraser University
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Critical Research Report:
Sustainability Snapshot 2: Greater Vancouver/ Sea to Sky Region
The article selected for critique is in 2004 State of the Fraser Basin Report: Sustainability
Snapshot 2. For the five regions studied, the Upper Fraser Region, Cariboo-Chilcotin
Region, Thompson Region, Fraser Valley Region, and the Greater Vancouver/Sea to Sky
Region, there are provided different sections of studies. These sections are, “Regional
Snapshot”, “Sustainability Issues and Trends”, “Making Sustainability Work”. I will
conduct a critique on the contents within these sections. However, the critique is not to be
conducted on all of the regions earlier listed. From within the article, out of the five
regions which have been researched and provided snapshots for, I have selected the
Greater Vancouver/ Sea to Sky Region for review. For the critique I will consider areas of
the article such as, how clearly defined the research focus is, different methods that are
employed, how relevant these different methods are, whether the research is objective or
subjective, the epistemological position, issues regarding ethics, power, and personhood,
whether the findings are valid or not, and for what audience this report has been written
for.
I take a look first at how clearly the research focus is defined. The article page clearly
displays at the top the regions name. Also, on the page there are various pictures of the
Greater Vancouver/ Seat to Sky Region. A picture that I believe clearly defines the research
focus is the picture of the map of British Columbia, and it is highlighted which region the
study is being done on. Background information is also given about the region
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under the section of “Regional Snapshot”. Also in this section are facts about the region
and statistics in comparison to the other four regions. Different areas which make up
sustainability, such as, energy consumption, housing, population, transportation, and water
quality are focused on within the Greater Vancouver/ Sea to Sky Region. The research
focus is the sustainability in Greater Vancouver/ Sea to Sky Region. I believe the research
focus is very clearly defined as the reader is able to comprehend instantly what the
contents of the article refer to, the sustainability in Greater Vancouver/ Sea to Sky Region.
The methods, or techniques utilised in the gathering of data are qualitative. Empirical
