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A Walk Around Grand River Collegiate with Rochelle Williams
Rochelle Williams, aka The Dessert Artist, laid the foundation for her career in blending the science of baking with the artistry of design while attending Grand River Collegiate Institute (GRCI) in Kitchener. To tap into those memories, she chose the school grounds for our walk, where her high school art classes inspired her to explore different creative mediums, including food.
“[I]f I had a different upbringing, if society was different, I probably would have [gone] to school for visual art,” Williams said. “I’ve always had a passion for drawing and sculpting.”
After high school, Williams studied pastry and confectionery artistry at Humber College. There she learned fundamentals, but her classes lacked the advanced decorating that Williams was drawn to. So, she called on her visual arts background to take her work to the next level.
“My biggest passion is just making things look pretty, and I also just happen to love eating,” Williams said. “[G]ive me a medium and I’ll figure out how to make it work in my way.”
Our walk takes us around the fields where Williams played rugby while attending GRCI. We pass the gardens behind the portable classrooms and walk by the new building, added after Williams graduated.
While Williams takes great care and pride in her food artistry, she has no concerns about watching her works of art be consumed.
“I do want you to eat it, because it also tastes delicious. So, if you don’t eat it, I’m actually more offended,” Williams said. “To me, the taste is more important than the artistry.”
Williams never uses fondant in her designs, instead opting to sculpt with buttercream icing and explore the sculpting possibilities of modeling chocolate. She does all her decorating by hand, turning the repetition needed for large orders into a game to keep herself engaged and striving for the highest quality of presentation.
Since 2020, Williams has been investing in herself and her own business, first as The Painting Pastry Chef before rebranding in 2022 as The Dessert Artist. She continues to push her boundaries, introducing new products to her line like her Petite Patties, a spin on Jamaican patties.
“When I get an idea, I have a hard time not doing it if I think it’s a good one,” Williams said. “[O]ne day [I thought] it’d be cool to have a dessert Jamaican patty.”
Williams plays with traditional Jamaican flavours for her patties, including mango as a nod to her mother, who loves the fruit. She also offers a plantain patty and a rum-raisin patty in addition to the more traditional savoury offerings.
The expansion into patties is not just a business decision for Williams. It is also a celebration of her heritage and the importance of creating representation in her Black-centric designs.
“I saw a lack in the community that just needed to be addressed,” Williams said. “As a kid, I would have loved to see Black Santa, seen myself on a cookie…I can’t be the only one who wishes they had seen those things.”
The decision to create representation in her work came with some uncertainty for Williams, so she started by making both a Black and a White Santa cookie.
“I wasn’t sure how Black Santa was going to be perceived,” Williams said. “I quickly realized that if [the customer wasn’t] Black, people actually just weren’t sure if they were allowed to buy the Black one.”
To address these concerns, Williams has included on her website that customers “don’t need to be Black to enjoy a Black Santa cookie.” She now only creates Black Santa cookies to ensure representation in the market.
And while most customers appreciate the diversity in Williams’ work, she has received some negative responses, including people calling her work blasphemous, and White parents strongly preferring their children not choose a Black Santa cookie. When she asked a local business mentoring group how to market her culturally specific products to White customers, she was told to make products that would appeal to a mass market rather than focus on narrow cultural flavours.
It is part of these reactions that Williams understands the importance of community in the work that she does.
“I’m always like ‘community over competition’,” Williams said. “I want to help people. I want to build them up…I don’t want you to experience the same hardships. I want you to experience new hardships that we never experienced before, and we’ll manage those.”
Working out of the Cafe Clementina kitchen, Williams has strong connections with other local bakeries. She is interested in collaborating and enjoys following the journeys of other local bakers in person and on social media.
As we walked beyond the high school grounds, through Tecumseh Park and around the neighbourhood, Williams reflected on the role that nature plays in her life and work.
“I think the biggest thing I hate about my job is that I’m inside so much,” Williams said. “[N]ature doesn’t necessarily influence my work, but it definitely influences my mood.”
Williams enjoys working with clients to create fun, cool custom designs, and she is also thinking big when it comes to future challenges.
“I would love to make a full-body cake,” Williams said. “Life-sized and accurate to a tee.”
While Williams makes plans to create her dream full-size person cake, she will continue to blend artistry with pastry, seek out community, and ensure representation is present in the Region’s baked-good offerings.
#aWalkInThePark #amyNeufeld #blackSanta #column #craigBecker #dessertArtist #grandRiverCollegiateInstitute #humberCollege #petitePatties #tecumsehPark #theDessertArtist #thePaintingPastryChef
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This week we have three events for Humber Polytechnic and University of Guelph-Humber students:
- Join us to take a tour and learn about volunteering
- Make art and hopefully some new friends at a National Tree Day "Trees to Meet You social
- Or practice your spoken English skills during a Nature Conversation Circle
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This week we have three events for Humber Polytechnic and University of Guelph-Humber students:
- Join us to take a tour and learn about volunteering
- Make art and hopefully some new friends at a National Tree Day "Trees to Meet You social
- Or practice your spoken English skills during a Nature Conversation Circle
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Yesterday one of our three managing partners made a big announcement:
Humber College is now known as Humber Polytechnic!
They also released a vision for Humber's future to 2030 and beyond, focused on reimagining learning, forging deeper partnerships, and driving impact.
Read more at: https://humber.ca/building-brilliance.html
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Yesterday one of our three managing partners made a big announcement:
Humber College is now known as Humber Polytechnic!
They also released a vision for Humber's future to 2030 and beyond, focused on reimagining learning, forging deeper partnerships, and driving impact.
Read more at: https://humber.ca/building-brilliance.html
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Yesterday one of our three managing partners made a big announcement:
Humber College is now known as Humber Polytechnic!
They also released a vision for Humber's future to 2030 and beyond, focused on reimagining learning, forging deeper partnerships, and driving impact.
Read more at: https://humber.ca/building-brilliance.html
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It's Healthy Planet, Healthy Lives week at Nature Camp, and yesterday some of our campers enjoyed a visit to the Humber Food Learning Garden (or just "the Veggie Garden" if you're ages 6 to 12).
#NatureCamp #SummerCamp #HumberFoodLearningGarden #HumberCollege #Toronto
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It's Healthy Planet, Healthy Lives week at Nature Camp, and yesterday some of our campers enjoyed a visit to the Humber Food Learning Garden (or just "the Veggie Garden" if you're ages 6 to 12).
#NatureCamp #SummerCamp #HumberFoodLearningGarden #HumberCollege #Toronto
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On Friday, our new and returning Camp Leaders wrapped up five days of in-person training, preparing them to support and guide nature campers throughout the summer. Before camp kicks off tomorrow, let Assistant Camp Coordinator Hummingbird give you a little peek behind the scenes at what goes in to Camp Leader training at the Humber Arboretum.
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On Friday, our new and returning Camp Leaders wrapped up five days of in-person training, preparing them to support and guide nature campers throughout the summer. Before camp kicks off tomorrow, let Assistant Camp Coordinator Hummingbird give you a little peek behind the scenes at what goes in to Camp Leader training at the Humber Arboretum.
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The Celosia Flamma Orange is blooming in the All-America Selections Display Garden.This plant was named a winner in 2022 in the AAS Ornamental category.
Learn more about AAS and the display garden at the Arb: https://humber.ca/arboretum/explore/gardens-botanical-collections/all-america-selections.html
#AllAmericaSelections #Gardens #PublicGarden #HumberCollege #Toronto -
The Celosia Flamma Orange is blooming in the All-America Selections Display Garden.This plant was named a winner in 2022 in the AAS Ornamental category.
Learn more about AAS and the display garden at the Arb: https://humber.ca/arboretum/explore/gardens-botanical-collections/all-america-selections.html
#AllAmericaSelections #Gardens #PublicGarden #HumberCollege #Toronto -
Camp training kicks off today! We're excited to have a nice mix of new leaders and returning leaders (including some folks who have been campers with us for years!). Part of the garden crew even joined the camp team for ice breakers this morning.
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Camp training kicks off today! We're excited to have a nice mix of new leaders and returning leaders (including some folks who have been campers with us for years!). Part of the garden crew even joined the camp team for ice breakers this morning.
#SummerCamp #Toronto #HumberCollege -
Tomorrow we're Buzzing with Pride for Pollinator Week with the Office of Sustainability and the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre. Students and staff of #HumberCollege are invited to learn about pollinators that keep our gardens healthy through a walk in the Arb, beeswax cloth making, and planting activities. Learn more and register: https://humber.ca/arboretum/events/sustainability-event.html
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Tomorrow we're Buzzing with Pride for Pollinator Week with the Office of Sustainability and the LGBTQ+ Resource Centre. Students and staff of #HumberCollege are invited to learn about pollinators that keep our gardens healthy through a walk in the Arb, beeswax cloth making, and planting activities. Learn more and register: https://humber.ca/arboretum/events/sustainability-event.html
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Thanks to everyone who came out to our first ever Camp Day yesterday! Camp Day is a chance for families to get outside together while they try out a few Nature Camp activities and meet some of the staff. Camp starts on July 8! https://humber.ca/arboretum/learn/camps.html
#Toronto #Etobicoke #Mississauga #HumberCollege #HumberArboretum #SummerCamp -
Thanks to everyone who came out to our first ever Camp Day yesterday! Camp Day is a chance for families to get outside together while they try out a few Nature Camp activities and meet some of the staff. Camp starts on July 8! https://humber.ca/arboretum/learn/camps.html
#Toronto #Etobicoke #Mississauga #HumberCollege #HumberArboretum #SummerCamp -
Thanks to everyone who came out to our first ever Camp Day yesterday! Camp Day is a chance for families to get outside together while they try out a few Nature Camp activities and meet some of the staff. Camp starts on July 8! https://humber.ca/arboretum/learn/camps.html
#Toronto #Etobicoke #Mississauga #HumberCollege #HumberArboretum #SummerCamp -
Less than a month until the start of Nature Camp! Our day camp is all about kids 5 to 14 getting outside and exploring the Arb's many ecosystems with fun activities that build confidence and promote curiosity. Session themes this year include Incredible Urban Animals, Roots of STEM, Growing Up Gardeners, and more!
#Toronto #Etobicoke #NorthEtobicoke #Mississauga
#HumberCollege #SummerCamp -
Less than a month until the start of Nature Camp! Our day camp is all about kids 5 to 14 getting outside and exploring the Arb's many ecosystems with fun activities that build confidence and promote curiosity. Session themes this year include Incredible Urban Animals, Roots of STEM, Growing Up Gardeners, and more!
#Toronto #Etobicoke #NorthEtobicoke #Mississauga
#HumberCollege #SummerCamp -
Less than a month until the start of Nature Camp! Our day camp is all about kids 5 to 14 getting outside and exploring the Arb's many ecosystems with fun activities that build confidence and promote curiosity. Session themes this year include Incredible Urban Animals, Roots of STEM, Growing Up Gardeners, and more!
#Toronto #Etobicoke #NorthEtobicoke #Mississauga
#HumberCollege #SummerCamp -
The roses are blooming in the Garden of the Rising Moon. We hear that roses are the birth flower for June: Happy birth month, rose people!
#PublicGarden #Garden #Roses
#Toronto #Etobicoke #HumberCollege
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The roses are blooming in the Garden of the Rising Moon. We hear that roses are the birth flower for June: Happy birth month, rose people!
#PublicGarden #Garden #Roses
#Toronto #Etobicoke #HumberCollege
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Today as part of Humber College's annual Showcase event, staff from other areas of the college got to take part in a pond dip and learn techniques the Arb's education team use to encourage curiosity in young learners.
Pond dipping is one of the most popular activities at both summer camp and on school field trips.
#HumberCollege #HigherEd #Toronto #NatureConnection #GetOutside
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Today as part of Humber College's annual Showcase event, staff from other areas of the college got to take part in a pond dip and learn techniques the Arb's education team use to encourage curiosity in young learners.
Pond dipping is one of the most popular activities at both summer camp and on school field trips.
#HumberCollege #HigherEd #Toronto #NatureConnection #GetOutside
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Enjoy a burst of pink before you enter the woodland trails.
#Bloomscrolling #PublicGarden
#Toronto #HumberCollege -
Enjoy a burst of pink before you enter the woodland trails.
#Bloomscrolling #PublicGarden
#Toronto #HumberCollege -
Enjoy a burst of pink before you enter the woodland trails.
#Bloomscrolling #PublicGarden
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An exciting find for our March Break Nature Campers this morning! Male White-tailed Deer shed their antlers each year then grow a new pair for the next mating season. We often feature shed antlers on our touch tables at events, but it's rare to actually find one yourself out on the trail!
#NatureCamp #MarchBreak #Toronto #Etobicoke #HumberCollege #TorontoWildlife #UrbanWildlife
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An exciting find for our March Break Nature Campers this morning! Male White-tailed Deer shed their antlers each year then grow a new pair for the next mating season. We often feature shed antlers on our touch tables at events, but it's rare to actually find one yourself out on the trail!
#NatureCamp #MarchBreak #Toronto #Etobicoke #HumberCollege #TorontoWildlife #UrbanWildlife
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Yesterday some students and an instructor from the Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation brought an Arctec Spider 3D scanner over to the Centre for Urban Ecology to make 3D scans of some of the animal skulls from our display cases. Stay tuned to see the final results of their project!
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Yesterday some students and an instructor from the Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation brought an Arctec Spider 3D scanner over to the Centre for Urban Ecology to make 3D scans of some of the animal skulls from our display cases. Stay tuned to see the final results of their project!
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It was a brisk and beautiful start to the morning. As always, it's a great day to #GetOutside
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It was a brisk and beautiful start to the morning. As always, it's a great day to #GetOutside
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CW: Real animal skulls
Some of our display case skulls are on a field trip across campus today, visiting the Barrett Centre for Technology and Innovation where some students will be using them to practice their scanning and 3D printing skills.
#HumberCollege #HumberArboretum #BCTI #Skulls -
CW: Real animal skulls
Some of our display case skulls are on a field trip across campus today, visiting the Barrett Centre for Technology and Innovation where some students will be using them to practice their scanning and 3D printing skills.
#HumberCollege #HumberArboretum #BCTI #Skulls -
Doing a table today for Alumni Weekend at #HumberCollege and yes - those tracks ARE from the same animal. Showing off the difference between beaver front feet and back feet (grippy paws vs splashy-flaps?)
#Beaver #Animals #AnimalTracks #TorontoWildlife #EnviroEd #NatureEd #NatureConnection -
Doing a table today for Alumni Weekend at #HumberCollege and yes - those tracks ARE from the same animal. Showing off the difference between beaver front feet and back feet (grippy paws vs splashy-flaps?)
#Beaver #Animals #AnimalTracks #TorontoWildlife #EnviroEd #NatureEd #NatureConnection -
Doing a table today for Alumni Weekend at #HumberCollege and yes - those tracks ARE from the same animal. Showing off the difference between beaver front feet and back feet (grippy paws vs splashy-flaps?)
#Beaver #Animals #AnimalTracks #TorontoWildlife #EnviroEd #NatureEd #NatureConnection -
We're taking a bird walk at noon today! If you're at Humber College North Campus or in the neighbourhood, just be at the Centre for Urban Ecology before 12pm to join. No pre-registration is required; we'll have some binoculars available to borrow.
See the location of the Centre for Urban Ecology on:
OpenStreetMap - https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/659117209
Google Maps - https://maps.app.goo.gl/T4VYrDeADPKxjzcR7
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We're taking a bird walk at noon today! If you're at Humber College North Campus or in the neighbourhood, just be at the Centre for Urban Ecology before 12pm to join. No pre-registration is required; we'll have some binoculars available to borrow.
See the location of the Centre for Urban Ecology on:
OpenStreetMap - https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/659117209
Google Maps - https://maps.app.goo.gl/T4VYrDeADPKxjzcR7
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You never know who you'll meet on the garden path.
Green Frogs are the most commonly seen species of frog at the Humber Arboretum. This particular amphibi-friend was making sure they were seen by sitting right in the middle of the path to the gazebo.
#Frogs #TorontoWildlife #UrbanWildlife #HumberArboretum #HumberCollege #Toronto #Etobicoke
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You never know who you'll meet on the garden path.
Green Frogs are the most commonly seen species of frog at the Humber Arboretum. This particular amphibi-friend was making sure they were seen by sitting right in the middle of the path to the gazebo.
#Frogs #TorontoWildlife #UrbanWildlife #HumberArboretum #HumberCollege #Toronto #Etobicoke
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The plants enjoyed today's liquid sunshine.
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The plants enjoyed today's liquid sunshine.
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The plants enjoyed today's liquid sunshine.
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CW: Real animal skull photo
Eastern Cottontail rabbit skull.
Rabbits and other lagomorphs have an ID feature on their skulls that helps separate them from rodents - "rostral fenestration". This refers to the area of skull in front of the eye socket that looks like latticework.
This skull is one of the many objects on display inside the Centre for Urban Ecology.
#Skull #Animals #Rabbits #Wildlife #TracksAndSigns
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CW: Real animal skull photo
Eastern Cottontail rabbit skull.
Rabbits and other lagomorphs have an ID feature on their skulls that helps separate them from rodents - "rostral fenestration". This refers to the area of skull in front of the eye socket that looks like latticework.
This skull is one of the many objects on display inside the Centre for Urban Ecology.
#Skull #Animals #Rabbits #Wildlife #TracksAndSigns
#CentreForUrbanEcology #HumberArboretum #HumberCollege -
CW: Real animal skull photo
Eastern Cottontail rabbit skull.
Rabbits and other lagomorphs have an ID feature on their skulls that helps separate them from rodents - "rostral fenestration". This refers to the area of skull in front of the eye socket that looks like latticework.
This skull is one of the many objects on display inside the Centre for Urban Ecology.
#Skull #Animals #Rabbits #Wildlife #TracksAndSigns
#CentreForUrbanEcology #HumberArboretum #HumberCollege -
School is back and campus is bustling! We enjoyed bringing info on our student opportunities and our touch table items (antler, anyone?) out to Orientation last week, but if you missed us and you're a new or returning student at Humber College or the University of Guelph-Humber, check out our website for all the ways you can get involved:
https://humber.ca/arboretum/learn/humber-college/students.html#HumberCollege #UofGH #UniversityOfGuelphHumber #OntarioColleges #Toronto #Etobicoke
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School is back and campus is bustling! We enjoyed bringing info on our student opportunities and our touch table items (antler, anyone?) out to Orientation last week, but if you missed us and you're a new or returning student at Humber College or the University of Guelph-Humber, check out our website for all the ways you can get involved:
https://humber.ca/arboretum/learn/humber-college/students.html#HumberCollege #UofGH #UniversityOfGuelphHumber #OntarioColleges #Toronto #Etobicoke
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Our staff have been hard at "work" testing out board games with ecological concepts and issues built into the game play (later this week we'll be holding our first little trial event for students to come join us). The co-operative game "Endangered" was a big hit, bringing to together office staff, comms staff, and grounds crew to save tigers from extinction!
#BoardGames #CooperativeGames #NatureEducation #EnviroEd #CentreForUrbanEcology #HumberCollege
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Our staff have been hard at "work" testing out board games with ecological concepts and issues built into the game play (later this week we'll be holding our first little trial event for students to come join us). The co-operative game "Endangered" was a big hit, bringing to together office staff, comms staff, and grounds crew to save tigers from extinction!
#BoardGames #CooperativeGames #NatureEducation #EnviroEd #CentreForUrbanEcology #HumberCollege
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Our staff have been hard at "work" testing out board games with ecological concepts and issues built into the game play (later this week we'll be holding our first little trial event for students to come join us). The co-operative game "Endangered" was a big hit, bringing to together office staff, comms staff, and grounds crew to save tigers from extinction!
#BoardGames #CooperativeGames #NatureEducation #EnviroEd #CentreForUrbanEcology #HumberCollege
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Mississauga student launches human rights complaint against Toronto college | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/47A2goE #OHRT #HumberCollege #accessibility #accommodations #IEP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli
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Mississauga student launches human rights complaint against Toronto college | CityNews Toronto https://bit.ly/47A2goE #OHRT #HumberCollege #accessibility #accommodations #IEP #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli