Want to explore Canada this Thanksgiving?
Watch Journalist Brandy Yanchyk's educational travel documentary TV series “Seeing Canada”!
The fourth season is airing in a special marathon from 3 PM to 7 PM EDT on Monday, October 14, 2024 on CPAC - Cable Public Affairs Channel.
It you like to stream you can watch it any time on PBS Passport!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Recently I filmed in Calgary, Alberta at the Land of Dreams.
On this small area of land I met newcomers to Canada who are learning how to grow vegetables and flowers in Alberta's soil.
They are also learning about Indigenous culture and how to raise chickens, be a beekeeper and the importance of compost.
It's an amazing urban farming initiative by the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society.
I was filming for my new documentary series that I am hosting which is currently called "Food's Footprint".
The documentary series "Food’s Footprint" will go on a journey across Alberta and British Columbia to discover the sustainable food practices that are altering the future of food and the environment.
Thank you to the Alberta Federation of the Arts for the funding to start this new series.
The highlight of my recent trip to Louisiana was filming at the Dew Drop Social and Benevolent Hall in what is now Old Mandeville.
This place is famous! It is believed to be the world's oldest unaltered rural jazz hall. Early greats Buddy Petit, Kid Ory and a young Louis Armstrong played there.
I was thrilled to film with Grammy award winning New Orleans musician, actor and author Chris Thomas King.
He's said to be "one of the worlds greatest blues guitar players." Chris also was in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? and played a character named Tommy Johnson who describes selling his soul to the devil to play guitar.
I also learned so much from Andrea Fulton who is part of the Friends of the Dew Drop organization.
You'll be able to hear Chris' music and learn all about the rich history of the Dew Drop in my new travel documentary series Brandy Yanchyk Sees the World. It will be airing on public TV stations in the USA including PBS.
Holy smokes! January was so busy I’m just catching my breath.
One of the exciting things I did was go to New York City to do 24 speed pitches at TravMedia’s International Media Marketplace. It was an incredible networking experience.
I was there promoting my new travel documentary series Brandy Yanchyk Sees the World.
I can’t wait to share it all with you.
“TravMedia's International Media Marketplace (IMM) is the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry with editors, journalists, broadcasters, and influencers.”
Happy New Year.
I have some exciting plans in the works for 2024 and Brandy Y Productions!
Firstly, I am thrilled to announce that seven episodes of my travel documentary series "Seeing the USA with Brandy Yanchyk" are now available to watch on your smart TV on the PBS Passport video streaming App.
Just download the PBS App and search for the title "Seeing the USA".
You can also watch season one of my other travel series "Seeing Canada" on the PBS Passport App and all four seasons will be available soon.
About the PBSPassport App:
Currently, Passport is available through web browsers on your desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile devices. It is also available through the PBS video App for users on the below devices:
• Roku
• Apple TV 4
• Amazon Fire TV
• Amazon Fire Tablet
• Android TV
• Android mobile devices
• Apple iPhone and iPad
CBC News interviewed filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk about her new documentary "Ms. Scientist". "Female scientists tell Edmonton filmmaker about their passion and challenges of the work." Read the article here: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/ms-scientist-documentary-challenges-faced-by-women-scientists-1.4807162
You can watch the full documentary online here on CBC: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
Brandy Yanchyk was interviewed by CBC's North by Northwest about her new documentary Ms. Scientist. "Many women enter careers in science, but leave because of roadblocks and challenges, according to a new documentary film." Listen to the interview here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/north-by-northwest/episode/15589686
You can watch the full documentary here on CBC: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
Brandy Yanchyk's new documentary Ms. Scientist is airing on CBC TV now and Canadians can watch this documentary online here: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
We are out and about filming season two of my travel series #SeeingCanada. One of the highlights has been visiting the remote Sable Island National Park Reserve in Nova Scotia. We were on One Ocean Expeditions Fins and Fiddles trip. It was wonderful learning all about the wild horses on Sable Island from Parks Canada guide Sarah Medill. She has her PhD on these wonderful horses. You'll be able to see the wild #horses and the rest of the series in 2019 on #PBS and on CreateTV.
Seeing Canada is now being featured on Create® TV's website. The series will start airing on July 3rd, 2018. Check out the page here: https://www.createtv.com/shows/travel
Create® TV reaches 46 million viewers nationwide in the USA. The channel is produced and distributed by APT, WNET New York and WGBH Boston in association with NETA and PBS.
Right now Seeing Canada has reached over 11 million viewers on 20 PBS stations. It has also reached more than 11 million viewers in Canada on CPAC.
"Create TV was launched in 2006 to serve viewers’ increasing interest in these “do-it-yourself” programs. Create was designed for around-the-clock* broadcast of the most popular lifestyle and how-to programming seen on public television – where lifestyle programming got its start!"
My documentary "Ambassadors of the Sky" airs on PBS channel KSPS at 730pm tonight. "Ambassadors of the Sky" is a documentary about how Canada is leading the way when it comes to dark sky preservation and the fight against light pollution. The film takes us to dark sky preserves in Wood Buffalo, Jasper and Elk Island National Parks where the public is learning about the importance of protecting the night sky for the health of humans and wildlife.
Thrilled to be able to offer my documentary #FindingEdgeRoad for the world to rent.
“Finding Edge Road” shows how immigration is changing and challenging a small city in Finland. It explores how the city of Lieksa in Eastern Finland near the Russian border is dealing with a recent influx of new asylum seekers from Somalia and Iraq. The newcomers have moved to vacant council flats on a street called “Edge Road.” Finding Edge Road has aired on CBC's Documentary channel.
We made the newspaper #IPWDaily at #IPW18! It's been an incredible experience here in Denver. It's my fourth IPW and I'm having loads of fun networking and being pitched stories for my new travel TV series #SeeingtheUSA which will air on #PBS! IPW is the travel industry's premier international marketplace and the largest generator of travel to the U.S. This year it was in Denver, Colorado.
I am thrilled to announce that starting in July 2018 my travel series Seeing Canada will be airing on PBS channel Create® TV.
Create® TV reaches 46 million viewers nationwide in the USA. The channel is produced and distributed by APT, WNET New York and WGBH Boston in association with NETA and PBS.
Right now Seeing Canada has reached over 11 million viewers on 20 PBS stations. It has also reached more than 11 million viewers in Canada on CPAC.
"Create TV was launched in 2006 to serve viewers’ increasing interest in these “do-it-yourself” programs. Create was designed for around-the-clock* broadcast of the most popular lifestyle and how-to programming seen on public television – where lifestyle programming got its start!"
Thank you to my distributor Flame Media for selling my documentary series Dino Trails to 1HDTV in Russia.
Series Synopsis
Dino Trails – The Dino Trails series reveals the latest dinosaur discoveries in Canada that are making headlines around the world and explains why these locations are famous.
Episodic Synopsis:
Episode 1 - The Dinosaur Expert - 11:07
Meet world-famous paleontologist Philip J. Currie and learn how he is inspiring the next generation of fossil hunters in Dinosaur Provincial Park.
Episode 2 - The Royal Tyrrell Museum - 11:07
Journey to the Royal Tyrrell Museum, where its collections are devoted to paleontology, and meet the dinosaur enthusiasts and paleontologists behind new fossil discoveries.
Episode 3 - The Fossil Hunter - 11:07
Roam the wilds of southern Alberta with Wendy Sloboda, fossil hunter extraordinaire! Discover her methods and meet her greatest find, the Wendiceratops, in the Royal Ontario Museum.
Episode 4 - Northern Alberta's Dinosaur Discoveries - 12:40
Discover dinosaur footprints in a coal mine in Grande Cache and meet the Pachyrhinosaurus in Grande Prairie. Learn northern Alberta’s fossil history at the new Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum.
Episode 5 - British Columbia's Dinosaur Frontier - 12:40
Journey to northern British Columbia to discover dinosaur footprints at the Six Peaks Dinosaur Track Site and see how new fossils are being uncovered in Tumbler Ridge.
