The Monthly News Round Up For Award Winning Advocate, Sight Loss Coach and Author Donna J. Jodhan

For the month of May

Read about Donna’s external engagements

https://sterlingcreations.ca/current-affairs

Now you can read about Donna’s press releases here

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Major news items can be found here

It’s all about Donna’s major initiatives for this month plus a lot more

https://sterlingcreations.ca/current-affairs

Donna’s May highlight was her podcast interview with Angela Bonfanti, president and CEO of the CNIB.

On May 21, Donna interviewed MS Bonfanti on her Remarkable World Commentary podcast.

Donna asked Angela to share her vision for the CNIB moving forward under her leadership plus much more.

You can check out this interview at Donna’s remarkable world commentary on Youtube.

Donna and her associate and friend Aaron Di Blasi have officially launched the podcast by Donna project and the list of potential interviewees is growing by the day.

Stay tuned for more exciting news.

For the month of May, Donna spent a lot of time on the following initiatives.

Transitioning to a new world –

Donna held meetings with her associates Leo Bissonnette and Lucio DIntino as they worked to hold a fall camp for participants.

It is hoped that this camp would be held after Thanksgiving and would be opened to bursary winners of the Quebec foundation of the blind of which Lucio is the president.

This foundation was founded in 1967 and over the years has awarded annual bursaries to deserving students attending college and university in Quebec.

Donna has also managed to set up a meeting with the CNIB to pitch her initiative to them and this virtual meeting will be held In early June.

She has also reached out to the Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians of which she served as president from 2011 – 2013.

Stay tuned for more exciting news on this initiative.

Donna’s pottery initiative

Donna continues to work with her friends Ran and Blair to establish a presence on Instagram.

This trio has high hopes that success is within reach.

Donna is presently working on her seasonal offerings and is busy working with her instructor Shaun Kell of the Studio on the Hill pottery studios; an affiliate of the Font Bonne Ministries.

Getting ready for the Eye Retreat Camp

Donna is ready to be an instructor at this camp once more.

Last year she made her debut at the camp teaching basics of advocacy and entrepreneurship and she was invited to return for 2025 to teach basics of entrepreneurship once more.

She has developed a game as part of her offering for this year to give students some fun and entertainment.

Donna’s reaching out and engaging efforts

For the month of May, Donna engaged with the touch pad pro foundation;founders of theBraille Doodle.

Donna met on Zoom with Marc Aflalo to start exploring ways to collaborate.

Meeting Purpose Introductory call between Donna Jodhan and Marc Aflalo to explore potential collaboration opportunities in podcasting and media for the blind and low vision community.

Donna closed out the month of May with a big bang!

She had a Zoom meeting with Craig Cohen and Ben Levy to map out a plan for an initiative to honour the memory of the late John Panarese; a man who almost single handedly brought the Apple World to persons worldwide.

John was a dedicated trainer, instructor, mentor, and friend to those who wanted to expand their knowledge of Apple products.

John passed on in December 2025 not before Donna had promised him to carry on his legacy, hopes, and dreams to make accessibility a part of daily life for blind/vision impaired users of Apple devices and computers globally.

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 importance of independent testers – let’s promote more transparency and accountability

https://sterlingcreations.ca/blog/when-words-hurt-we-must-pay-more-attention

https://sterlingcreations.ca/blog/how-scams-affect-persons-with-disabilities

Walking In Different Worlds – Can These Worlds Meet?

https://sterlingcreations.ca/blog/some-quirks-of-technology-my-personal-journeys

You can also view previous selections here.

Contributions From Founder and Advocate Donna Jodhan

Donna has also posted other articles of interest on her

www.sterlingcreations.com/blog page

for this month.

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https://sterlingcreations.com/blog/a-review-of-the-princess-julianna-airport-on-the-dutch-side-of-the-island-of-saint-martinA bit of this and a bit of that from Donna’s latest did you know diary

A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That From Donna’s Did You Know Diary

Catch up with Donna’s expert page at

https://sterlingcreations.ca/ask-an-expert

and for this month

Ask expert Donna J. Jodhan – 10 tips for learning the talk back screen reader feature for Android

Read Donna’s author’s tip for this month

Ask Author Donna J. Jodhan – she shares her inspirational thoughts for May

And catch up with previous author’s tips

https://sterlingcreations.ca/ask-an-author

Read Donna J. Jodhan’s articles on ask the coach for this month

Ask Sight Loss Coach Donna J. Jodhan – Thoughts On The Professional Mandoline, The Use And Value Of Vegetable Choppers, And The Function And Benefit To A Mini Chopper