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
We are thrilled to announce that Brandy Yanchyk’s travel series Seeing Canada will be airing on Canadian airline WestJet from February 1st to April 30th, 2019. WestJet will be showing episode three where Canadian journalist Brandy Yanchyk travels on horseback to the famous Plain of Six Glaciers Trail in Lake Louise, Alberta. Next, she experiences Niagara Falls by helicopter and boat, followed by a trip to a local Niagara winery. Thank you to our distributer Flame !
Here's a cool article about Brandy Yanchyk’s recent trip to the Northwest Territories while she was filming the second season of her travel series “Seeing Canada”. She traveled to Yellowknife and Lutsel K'e and it was such a pleasure to film with Derrald Taylor, James Marlowe and John D Rombough who are mentioned in this article.
“The NWT offers easy and incredible access to Indigenous culture and its rugged, untouched landscapes and nature,” Yanchyk said, “it makes for a wonderful place to film.”
https://www.iti.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/award-winning-filmmaker-and-journalist-visits-north
#SeeingCanada #IndigenousCanada #exploreCanada #IndigenousTourism
Brandy Yanchyk films in Oregon for her new travel series “Seeing the USA”. It will air on public TV stations including PBS in 2019. In this photo Brandy checks out central Oregon on ATVs in the Deschutes National Forest. They are walking on lava all around them. #traveloregon #AskOR #visitcentraloregon
Canadian Journalist Brandy Yanchyk has become a Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. What an honour! In this picture Fellows are celebrating in Ottawa at The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 89th College of Fellows Annual Dinner. Learn more about The Royal Canadian Geographical Society here. #RCGS18
DVDS of the documentary Ms. Scientist are available now
A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE CONTENT: Ms. Scientist celebrates women in science today and looks at the challenges female scientists face trying to advance their careers in Canada.
WHY THIS DVD WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO LIBRARY CUSTOMERS: Around the world the fields of scientific research and development remain a male-dominated environment. According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics less than thirty percent of the world’s researchers are women. Many women enter a career in science but leave because of roadblocks and challenges. Canada wants to change that.
Furthering the careers of women and science is one of the objectives of the Canadian federal government at the moment. In April 2017, Canada’s Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan said she is considering whether quotas are necessary to ensure that women land top research posts in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
Promo: https://vimeo.com/279157993
ORDERING INFORMATION – ADDRESS / COMPANY FROM WHICH TO PURCHASE
The documentary can be purchased through LSC or Library Bound as well as through Brandy Y Productions Inc. at brandy@brandyYproductions.com, 780 935 9185.
Also available through PayPal: https://brandyyanchyk.com/shop/
In Iqaluit, Nunavut we were invited into people's homes and businesses to learn more about the Inuit culture. We heard throat singing and saw the lighting of the Quilliq. We were taught traditional Inuit handgames. We saw how local jewellers, soap makers and fashion designers are using materials from the land to make their products. We are filming the second season of #SeeingCanada with Brandy Yanchyk. It’s airing on #PBS, CPAC - Cable Public Affairs Channel, Create TV & #Neta_Tweets.
I have had a lot of requests from people who want to watch my new documentary Ms. Scientist outside of Canada. Now everyone outside of Canada can watch it here using Vimeo.
https://vimeo.com/ondemand/msscientist/279160758
If you live in Canada here is the link for you: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
The Edmonton Journal interviewed filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk about her new documentary Ms. Scientist. Read the article here: https://edmontonjournal.com/entertainment/television/wildlife-new-local-documentary-explores-gender-inequality-among-scientists. The full documentary is available online here: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
CBC's Daybreak Alberta interviewed filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk about her new documentary Ms. Scientist. Hear the interview here: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/daybreak-alberta/episode/15589931. The full documentary is available online here: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
CBC News wrote an online story about Brandy Yanchyk's new documentary Ms. Scientist. Here is the link to read "Documentary explores challenges faced by Canadian women scientists": https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/documentary-explores-challenges-faced-by-canadian-women-scientists-1.4807122. You can watch the full documentary here: https://watch.cbc.ca/media/media/absolutely-canadian/episode-17/38e815a-00f433343a9
