The Monthly News Round-Up For Award-Winning Advocate, Sight-Loss Coach and Author, Donna J. Jodhan for the Month of January 2025
Read about Donna’s external engagements
Now you can read about Donna’s press releases here
Major news items can be found here
It’s all about Donna’s major initiatives for this month plus a lot more
January 06
Donna was privileged and humbled to have been interviewed by DR. Kirk Adams, past president of the American Council of the blind.
Listen at:
Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: January 6, 2025: Interview with Advocate, Author and Sight Loss Coach Donna J. Jodhan | Dr. Kirk Adams | DrKirkAdams.com
January 04
Donna along with her associates Aaron Di Blasi and Leo Bissonnette launched the https://www.techvisionacademy.com website in memory of the late John D. Panarese and as this trio shares this website is a labour of love in order to perpetuate the personal and professional work of John.
“John was my friend, mentor, coach, and advisor” says Donna.
Read more at https://www.techvisionacademy.com.
Read the press release at
Announcing The Launch of Vision Tech Academy: Online Directory of Educators (ODE): In Honor of John Panarese | Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | VisionTechAcademy.com
January 07
Donna continued her discussion with the American Printing House for the Blind to explore opportunities together.
The objective is for both sides to work on ways to fold Donna’s transitioning to a new world program into one of the APH’s many programs.
The discussion was fruitful and productive.
January 08
Unfortunately Donna missed the virtual monthly meeting of the Eye Retreat Organization due to a nasty stomach flu but she is scheduled to meet with the planning group on January 15.
January 13 – 14
Due to inadequate and unstable connections, Donna was unable to attend the first quarter meeting of the Air Canada advisory group.
However, she was able to provide input via email.
January 15
And Donna confirmed her participation in the Eye Retreat July 2025 Eye Retreat camp.
She will be teaching her entrepreneurship course over the course of the week of July 28.
She will introduce an entrepreneurial project to them where they will get to choose from several options and on the final day of the week they will be asked to make a presentation.
January 31
And on the final day of January Donna represented Barrier Free Canada at the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) meeting.
This was a virtual meeting of the Accessibility Advisory Committee and over the course of almost 3.5 hours, the following items were covered.
Presentation by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Accessibility Strategy
Presentation by the National Research Council (NRC) – Job Aid for Handling Mobility Aids in Aircraft Cargo Hold
Presentation by Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) – Accessibility Plan and Progress Reports
Presentation by Air Canada – Accessibility Plan and Progress Reports
Presentation by National Airlines Council of Canada – Harmonized Medical Forms
Trends Discussion – What trends are members observing? Where have you observed the most progress in accessibility? What do you see as the top three areas for improvement?
Donna made a plea for the CTA to take a more prominent leadership role in bringing participants together on a more regular basis to include face to face meetings in order to build better team spirit and cooperation.
You can start by taking a tour of Donna’s personal diary by visiting
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 http://www.sterlingcreations.ca/blog page
You can also view previous selections here.
Donna has also posted other articles of interest on her
for this month.
News round up for December
Hottest tips from the Sterling Creations Business Desk
Donna’s highlight review
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
Read Donna’s author’s tip for this month
And catch up with previous author’s tips
Read Donna’s ask the scam watcher at
ask the scam watcher –
Read Donna’s ETSY announcement for January
Read Donna J. Jodhan’s articles on ask the coach for this month
Ask sight loss coach Donna J. Jodhan – a gadget that can peal and core apples and pears all at once, Any other gadgets to work with apples, is there any such thing as a 3 in 1 Egg Slicer | Sterling Creations
Read Donna J. Jodhan’s tips and hints for catching up with the coach for this month
See an archive of all of her product reviews at
Listen and catch up with Donna’s shows
Ask Donna: Advocacy in Action: January 2025
“ask Donna advocacy in action”( )
Ask Donna advocacy in action YouTube Playlist: https://donnajodhan.com/askdonna
“dining with donna”
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week 1 – Broccoli And Beef Pasta
Dining With Donna: Broccoli And Beef Pasta
Week 2 – Chicken And Mushroom Fettuccine Alfredo
Dining With Donna: Chicken And Mushroom Fettuccine Alfredo
Week 3 – Ham And Potato Casserole
Dining With Donna: Ham And Potato Casserole
Week 4 – Hearty Meatball Stew
Dining With Donna: Hearty Meatball Stew
Dining With Donna YouTube Playlist: https://www.donnajodhan.com/dwd
Your mental stretch with donna
The Mental Stretch: January 2025
YouTube Playlist: Mental Stretch
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:
The Libsyn RSS feed link is here:
For Spotify:
Finally!
Donna has resumed posting to the Access to Information News weekly online newsletter
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To learn more about Donna as an award winning sight loss coach and advocate plus more visit http://www.donnajodhan.com
That’s it for this month.
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