bfcanada Donna J. Jodhan is a world renown advocate.
She is also an author, blogger, sight loss coach, dinner mystery writer and producer, entrepreneur, law graduate, and podcast commentator.
Donna shares her remarkable bi weekly world commentary with others where she expresses her thoughts and opinions on some of the very hottest topics of the day.
The Remarkable World Commentary Podcast is a podcast by Donna J. Jodhan that explores topics directly affecting the future of children, particularly those with disabilities. As a blind advocate and entrepreneur, Donna shares her insights, life experiences, and advocacy efforts, aiming to inspire and inform her listeners. The podcast covers issues such as accessibility, inclusivity, and breaking down barriers in technology and everyday life, encouraging collective efforts to create a better and more equitable future for all children.
Now her remarkable world commentary podcast also features interviews with some very high profile world renown advocates along with stories shared by those who continue to support advocacy in exciting and interesting ways.
ALT: Remarkable World Commentary. By Award Winning Sight Loss Coach, Advocate and Author, Donna Jodhan. To the left, four photos of Donna Jodhan stand stacked atop one another. Donna graduating law school. Donna receiving an award from the Queen. Donna in a business suit. Donna after winning a landmark case. Across the middle is a blue swoosh. To the right is a globe of the world.
Donna invites you to listen and to share your views with her.
You can contact Donna at donnajodhan@gmail.com
Highlights for April
🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #83: The Hidden Costs of Advocacy
By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-01-2026/
In this episode of Remarkable World Commentary Donna names the often-invisible price advocates with disabilities pay to show up for their communities. She walks through four recurring drains on her livelihood: volunteering (giving away unpaid slices of her expertise while paid staff manage the volunteers), advisory committees (companies harvest lived experience from disabled members and give little back), free research participation (universities, colleges, and agencies expecting her knowledge for free, or offering Tim Hortons/Starbucks coupons instead of real compensation, sometimes guilt-tripping her that she “owes it to the community”), and free evaluation of draft proposals (including hours spent reviewing Canadian government Accessible Canada Act materials with little recognition or pay). Her call is blunt: stop asking for free labor and pay disabled advocates for their knowledge, skills, and experience.
She then shares the most personal hidden cost, retaliation for speaking up. After receiving the Apex cybersecurity scholarship, she raised concerns that Apex’s content and LMS were not fully accessible; in response, Apex pulled her scholarship and reimbursed only $200 CAD for an exam voucher that cost $390 USD. She closes with a letter from a desperate mother whose child is being bullied at school, urging parents not to sweep bullying under the carpet but to talk to teachers, listen to their child, and confront the issue head-on. The episode signs off with a warm “Happy April” and her standard invitation for listeners to write in.
🎙️ Remarkable World Commentary Episode #84: Ask Advocate Donna By Donna J. Jodhan, LLB, ACSP, MBA | Courtesy of the PWD Media Co-Op https://donnajodhan.com/rwc-04-02-2026/
In this episode of Remarkable World Commentary Donna opens with her favorite quote, “Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you, and listen in such a way that others love to speak to you”, followed by her monthly word game pairing respect vs. disrespect (respect is earned, never given) and courteous vs. condescend (the fine line between thoughtful responses and careless, hurtful ones). She also flags a technical note: her Gmail is temporarily broken, so listeners should write to her at donnajodhan@sterlingcreations.ca <mailto:donnajodhan@sterlingcreations.ca> .
The heart of the episode is three advocacy-in-action stories, each analyzed through her standard framework of what, who, why, how, and when. In Scotty’s story, a vision-impaired boy denied entry to a park to ride his scooter is defended by his elder brother Damien, who refuses to back down, rallies the parents, and turns the confrontation into a community conversation. In Karen’s story, a blind woman is turned away from a knitting class by a teacher unwilling to adapt, but the teaching assistant quietly follows her out and steps in as mediator, modeling advocacy as negotiation. In the third story, three disabled would-be potters rejected by a studio craft a viral Facebook post and successfully find an inclusive instructor, a lesson in the power of collective voice and social media. Donna weaves in her own pottery journey (she’s been welcomed by Sean Kelly’s Studio on the Hill and Joan Spears’s Pleasant Potteries, but was refused twice elsewhere), and closes with warm April wishes.