# Event Details - **Event Name**: Academic Journal Launch: Visual Hunger / Appétits visuels - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 11:30 am – Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 01:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for the launch of the very first issue of the academic journal Visual Hunger / Appétits visuels, edited by Dina Salha.About this EventJoin us for the launch of the very first issue of the academic journal Visual Hunger / Appétits visuels, edited by Dina Salha.This peer-reviewed, bilingual, open access scholarly journal features the scholarship of talented students. The journal provides students with research and scholarly critical publishing experience, contributes to the quality of the student experience on our campus, and enhances the University of Ottawa’s open access offerings.Date: December 4, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Location: University of Ottawa Campus, Simard Hall (SMD), room 125Address: 60 University Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 8Z4About this issueThe growing integration of food into media content and digital culture is transforming our perceptions of food, sustainability, and global food systems. Food now serves as a powerful tool for storytelling, fueling the rise of influencers, celebrity chefs, dedicated food channels, and broader cultural industries. This pervasive media presence reflects a pressing need to critically examine the visual and narrative appetite for food—how it is consumed, represented, and commodified across both local and global contexts.About the authorsDina Salha is Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa since 2008. She specializes in critical theory and in different aspects of cultural production and practices. As an academic, intellectual, artist, traveller and foodie, she provides spaces of creativity and mutual learning within her teaching spaces and thrives to analytically document stories that celebrate cosmopolitan and indigenous cultural experiences.Maya Bugorski received her Master of Communication from the University of Ottawa. She is currently a senior strategic communications advisor for the Government of Canada. She is passionate about representation and develops people-first strategies for public health and risk communication.Stephanie Platero Martinez is a second-generation Latin Canadian woman who is focused on critical cultural research and constitutive communication. Her research areas include: the power of production and reproduction in the contemporary mediatic landscape, food, identity, and resistive narratives from underrepresented demographics.Drew Williamson is a Master of Communication candidate at the University of Ottawa. He also holds a Master of Arts in Film Studies from Carleton University. He seeks to synthesize his love of film, pop culture, and new media into a media career.Bianca Polcari is completing her Master of Communication at the University of Ottawa. She graduated from Concordia University in Communication Studies and hopes to further her education in the field of organizational communication. Her interests include understanding the effects of the power struggle between the new wave of social media influencers and the restaurant industry and how these two groups differ and intersect.Read more details and download the PDF in Open Access. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events2/banners/27e9c860-a9b6-11f0-acae-896a89851f91-rimg-w493-h740-dcffffff-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/ottawa/academic-journal-launch-visual-hunger-appétits-visuels/100001796224087599 - **Event Categories**: art, entertainment, food-drinks, health-wellness, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Facademic-journal-launch-visual-hunger-appetits-visuels-tickets-1796224087599 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Ottawa - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: Simard Hall - **lat**: 45.4233084 - **long**: -75.68588079999999 - **full address**: Simard Hall, 60 University Private, Ottawa, Canada ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: University of Ottawa Press (PUO-UOP) (https://allevents.in/org/university-of-ottawa-press-puo-uop/23714123) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/899bac3653bc523ce80d84dbe8280539a724588e961218c2802a4a6759c2a75e-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1760526046 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/b7747ebd015ba6dcf75af7df287205e633b501e7f6897c05222e2ee29641b9a5-rimg-w400-h400-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1760526045 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Thu, 04 Dec, 2025 at 11:30 am - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Simard Hall, 60 University Private, Ottawa, Canada - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 CAD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** University of Ottawa Press (PUO-UOP) - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** art, entertainment, food-drinks, health-wellness, storytelling - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Academic Journal Launch: Visual Hunger / Appétits visuels ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Academic Journal Launch: Visual Hunger / Appétits visuels", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/899bac3653bc523ce80d84dbe8280539a724588e961218c2802a4a6759c2a75e-rimg-w1200-h600-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1760526046", "startDate": "2025-12-04", "endDate": "2025-12-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/ottawa/academic-journal-launch-visual-hunger-appétits-visuels/100001796224087599", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Simard Hall", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "60 University Private", "postalCode": "K1N 8Z4", "addressLocality": "Ottawa", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "45.4233084", "longitude": "-75.68588079999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Join us for the launch of the very first issue of the academic journal Visual Hunger / Appétits visuels, edited by Dina Salha.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2025-12-04", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/ottawa/academic-journal-launch-visual-hunger-appétits-visuels/100001796224087599" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/ottawa/academic-journal-launch-visual-hunger-appétits-visuels/100001796224087599", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "University of Ottawa Press (PUO-UOP)", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/university-of-ottawa-press-puo-uop/23714123", "description": "Situées dans la capitale nationale du Canada, Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa (PUO) sont la maison d’édition de l’une des plus grandes universités canadiennes et des grandes universités bilingues au monde.www.Presses.uOttawa.caLocated in Canada’s national capital, the University of Ottawa Press (UOP) is the publishing arm of one of Canada's top research universities and one of the world's top bilingual universities.www.Press.uOttawa.ca" } ] } ] ```