The Monthly News Round Up For Award Winning Advocate, Sight Loss Coach and Author Donna J. Jodhan
For the month of July 2025
Read about Donna’s external engagements
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And you can easily access her podcast interviews here
https://www.donnajodhan.com/rwc-interviews.html. Donna will keep this updated as new interviews take place.
Major news items can be found here
It’s all about Donna’s major initiatives for this month plus a lot more
July 02
Donna had a virtual Zoom meeting with Stephanie Cadieu Chief Accessibility Officer where she discussed certain concerns and challenges facing Canadians with disabilities when engaging with the Canadian Government.
July 03
Donna had a phone call with Kathy Saliba of the Greater Toronto Airport where she highlighted some challenges that she faced when she traveled to the UK in June.
July 14
Donna had a very interesting Zoom session with Joan Work Senior Systems Engineer/Technical Training Specialist, HCS Technology Group
Donna was introduced to Joan by her associate Craig Cohen of the same company.
Donna is presently working on an initiative with Craig and Ben Levy to develop training to users of iPhones and iPads.
Donna was introduced to Craig by Drew Winkelman of Apple.
This initiative is in memory of the late John Panarese who opened up the world of Apple training of I devices and the Mac to blind and vision impaired users.
Donna looks forward to working with Joan as well.
July 15
Donna had a Zoom session with the Canadian Human Rights Commission where they sought her input on the draft of their Accessible Canada Act plans.
July 15
Donna interviewed Patrick Long, co-founder of Innosearch for her Remarkable World Commentary podcast.
July 16
Donna was interviewed by a team from the Canadian Border Security Agency where they sought her input on their plans for the Accessible Canada Act.
July 16
Donna interviewed Kerianne Wilson, Chair of the Air Canada Advisory Group on disability issues for her Remarkable World Commentary podcast.
July 17
Donna Interviewed Shannon Greene, a teacher at the Grove Community School in Toronto who along with her young students and fellow teachers participated in her Charter Challenge case against the Canadian Government in 2010.
Shannon and her kids wrote to then Prime Minister Stephen Harper asking him to drop their opposition to Donna’s Charter Challenge.
July 21 2025
Donna provided input to Via Rail re their proposed plans for submission for the Accessible Canada Act.
July 23, 2025
Donna interviewed Veronica Puente, a vision impaired teacher who teaches Math to blind and vision impaired students in North Carolina. Listeners will hear how Veronica is much more than a Braille teacher!
July 25
Donna interviewed her long time business associate and friend Aaron DiBlasi.
They talked about Aaron’s journey through the Disabilities landscape and the changes
that he continues to see.
July 28 – August 01
Donna participated for the second year at the Eye Retreat Camp.
She taught basics of entrepreneurship to a group of participants preparing to leave high school and those entering college.
She even developed a fun game for the students.
Donna thanks DR. Alan Chase and his team for giving her the opportunity to continue her participation.
July 29
Donna had a very productive call with Clare Kumar <clare@hdsunflower.com>
Regional Director – Canada, Hidden Disabilities Sunflower
Where they discussed how the sun flower tag could more helpful in clearly defining passengers with vision impairments.
July 30 2025
Donna was asked by the Canadian Transportation Agency to assist in reviewing a document that the Agency is preparing for presentation to its advisory committee on disability issues.
This document focuses on the rights of passengers traveling with a disability.
Donna continues to work feverishly to bring important voices to her RWC podcast and she is already booked up until the end of September.
You can start by taking a tour of Donna’s personal diary by visiting
www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com
Donna posts 3 times weekly and her posts gives you great insights into her daily life, challenges, and perspectives as a blind/vision impaired person.
Blogs posted for this month
To the www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog page
The Tim Horton tale – an almost perfect company with customer service weaknesses
You can also view previous selections here.
Donna has also posted other articles of interest on her
www.sterlingcreations.com/blog page
for this month.
News round up for June
Read world renown advocate Donna J. Jodhan’s sizzling news round up for June
Hottest tips from the Sterling Creations Business Desk
Read the July edition of the Sterling Creations tips – a must read
Highlight interview
World-Renowned Advocate Donna J. Jodhan’s Review of the Queen’s Pasta Cafe
A bit of this and a bit of that from Donna’s latest did you know diary
Catch up with Donna’s expert page at
and for this month
Ask expert Donna J. Jodhan – 10 tips for learning about google drive
Read Donna’s author’s tip for this month
And catch up with previous author’s tips
Read Donna J. Jodhan’s articles on ask the coach for this month
Read Donna J. Jodhan’s tips and hints for catching up with the coach for this month
Articles posted to Donna’s contribution page from founder Donna J. Jodhan
Ask world renown expert Donna J. Jodhan – 10 tips for learning about google drive
ask business reviewer Donna J. Jodhan – 10 tips for promoting a seaside resort july 2025
ask scam watcher Donna J. Jodhan, World renown – scams to watch for for July
World renowwn Advocate Donna J. Jodhan shares her podcasts to over 141000 listeners worldwide
See an archive of all of her product reviews at
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Listen and catch up with Donna’s shows
Ask Donna advocacy in action
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Ask Donna YouTube Playlist: https://donnajodhan.com/askdonna
“dining with donna”
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Dining With Donna YouTube Playlist: https://www.donnajodhan.com/dwd
Your mental stretch with donna
YouTube Playlist: Mental Stretch
https://donnajodhan.com/mentalstretch
Ask the business reviewer:
YouTube Playlist: Ask the Business Reviewer –
Ask an expert:
YouTube Playlist: Ask an Expert –
And now for Donna’s latest podcasts – her Blindly brilliant page on ETSE where Donna’s pottery creations are now available.
YouTube playlist: Blindly Brilliant – Etsy:
Libsyn:
https://sites.libsyn.com/521708/site
The Libsyn RSS feed link is here:
https://feeds.libsyn.com/521708/rss
For Spotify:
https://feeds.libsyn.com/521708/spotify
Finally!
Donna has resumed posting to the Access to Information News weekly online newsletter
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Which Canadian Federal Government Department Is Ready To Lead
World renown advocate – How Committed Are Agencies and Organizations to Persons with Disabilities?
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That’s it for this month.
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