Algonquin College students to “Cause a Scene” with climate-focused mural flash mob

Posted on Thursday, November 13th, 2025

Indigenous-led dialogue, live VR-assisted murals, and AR activations turn campus into a living canvas.

What
Algonquin College students will “cause a scene” in the DARE District with a live, climate-themed mural flash mob that begins with an Indigenous led, multigenerational dialogue on caring for the planet.

Funded through a CICan Climate micro grant and delivered by the Social Innovation Lab and the Algonquin College Makerspace, the Cause a Scene activation will see:

  • 55 Illustration and Concept Art students transform the glass walls of the DARE District using 574 paint markers, laser cut stencils, and augmented reality (AR) overlays.
  • Students wearing pass-through VR headsets as they draw live on glass, using mixed reality to place their digital designs at full scale on the windows as they work.
  • Student teams from Interactive Media Design and Business Management & Entrepreneurship are capturing the day with professional cameras, gimbals, lights, and microphones.

When
Thursday, November 13

  • Indigenous dialogue and opening program: approximately 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
    • This will be an open, multigenerational conversation; timing may vary within the hour.
  • Mural flash mob: immediately following the dialogue, continuing into the early afternoon.
  • Best visuals for cameras: approximately 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    • Students rising from the audience to begin the flash mob.
    • VR assisted live drawing on glass.
    • Murals and AR elements taking shape across the building.

Where
DARE District (C building entrance, 1st and 2nd floors)
Algonquin College, 1385 Woodroffe Avenue, Ottawa (Campus maps)

Interview opportunities

Interviews can be arranged with:

  • Inuk student entrepreneur (Business Management & Entrepreneurship)
  • Student muralists (Illustration and Concept Art)
  • Student content creators (Interactive Media Design and Business Management and Entrepreneurship)
  • Project leads from the Social Innovation Lab and the Algonquin College Makerspace

Same-day interviews on-site can be accommodated, as well as follow-up interviews after the murals are complete and during the takedown in mid-December.

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Media contact

Meg Fraser
Communications Officer
Algonquin College
613-302-0138
fraserm2@algonquincollege.com


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