Brandy Yanchyk
Attending the 2024 SATW Annual Convention in ...

I recently attended the 2024 Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Annual Convention in beautiful Istanbul, Turkey! It was a fantastic opportunity to network at the Media Marketplace and other events, while looking for new stories for my travel series, Brandy Yanchyk Sees the World.

#SATWİstanbul#GoTürkiye#GoIstanbul

Attending the 2024 SATW Annual Convention in Istanbul, Türkiye!
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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

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!

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
Brandy Yanchyk
The documentary series "Food's Footprint" is in ...

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 documentary series "Food's Footprint" is in production!
Brandy Yanchyk
Filming "Brandy Yanchyk Sees the World" in ...

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.

#BrandyYanchykSeestheWorld #VisitTheNorthshore #arcteryx

Filming "Brandy Yanchyk Sees the World" in Louisiana
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24 speed pitches at #IMM2024 in New York!

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.”

#IMMNYC #IMM2024

24 speed pitches at #IMM2024 in New York!

Brandy Yanchyk chosen for Cohort 2 of #BANFFSpark!

Brandy Yanchyk chosen for Cohort 2 of #BANFFSpark!

Filmmaker, Brandy Yanchyk, is thrilled to be chosen as one of the participants of Cohort 2 of the #BANFFSpark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media. She’ll be attending the Banff World Media Festival​ virtually this year and in person in 2021.

With the core mandate to champion gender representation and diversity in business ownership roles in the media industry, BANFF Spark will empower and train up to 200 #womenentrepreneurs over four cohorts.

Thank you to the Advisory Board for choosing her and to the Banff World Media Festival for having this exclusive entrepreneurial program supported by the Government of Canada’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES). https://spark.banffmediafestival.playbackonline.ca/participants/2020/?e=102343&n=Brandy++Yanchyk #womenentrepreneurs

Teacher & Resource Guide for Indigenous Stories from "Seeing Canada"

Teacher & Resource Guide for Indigenous Stories from "Seeing Canada"

Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk’s educational distributor McIntyre Media has created a Teacher and Student Resource Guide to go along with my Indigenous Stories. Here is the link to the Resource Guide.

You can watch twelve episodes of #SeeingCanada on Prime Video, Create TV and PBS. Teachers and students can see the series on McIntyre Media's Can-Core online streaming platform which has a free trial right now.

Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk interviewed in CMHA's #MentalHealth #Podcast about #BreakingLoneliness

Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk interviewed in CMHA's #MentalHealth #Podcast about #BreakingLoneliness

Have a listen to documentary filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk speaking about her new documentary #BreakingLoneliness in the "Recovery Is Possible: A #MentalHealth #Podcast" by Canadian Mental Health Association - Calgary Region.

"During a heartwarming and insightful conversation with award-winning independent documentary filmmaker and journalist, Brandy Yanchyk, we discuss the topics of connection and belonging, how our self-image influences our actions, and how we can find ideas and common grounds to help us grow closer."

171 videos by Brandy Yanchyk available on McIntyre Media's Core platform

171 videos by Brandy Yanchyk available on McIntyre Media's Core platform

Educators can enjoy 59 films (171 smaller video clips) of Brandy Yanchyk’s with a FREE trial of #CORE. Canadian documentary filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk makes films about travel, Canada, dinosaurs, inclusive hiring, loneliness, immigration, seniors and dark skies!
Contact McIntyre Media - Educational and Curriculum Video for a free trial.

Free videos by filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk at #SchoolofBrandy

Free videos by filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk at #SchoolofBrandy

During this time when students are at home filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk has created #SchoolofBrandy. She is sharing 3 MINUTE videos with great experiences from #Alberta that are family friendly and educational for the next thirty-two days. It's all free and was part of a series Brandy made called Becoming Albertan for Rogers OMNI Television.

Here is the website to see the videos: http://becomingalbertan.com/activities

Selected videos are in Mandarin, Spanish, Tagalog and Somali here: https://www.omnitv.ca/ab/en/docs/becoming-albertan/

Brandy Yanchyk's "Seeing Canada" season two airs on Create® TV on April 6th to 40 million viewers!

Brandy Yanchyk's "Seeing Canada" season two airs on Create® TV on April 6th to 40 million viewers!

Brandy Yanchyk’s travel series #SeeingCanada season two will be airing on public TV channel Create® TV on Mondays at 10:30am and 5:30pm and 10:30pm (all times EDT), beginning on April 6th, 2020.

Create® TV reaches more than 40 million adult viewers annually nationwide in the USA (Nielsen, 2018). The channel is produced and distributed by APT, WNET New York and WGBH Boston in association with NETA and PBS. #SeeingCanada

Watch Brandy Yanchyk's Travel series "Dino Trails" on Canada's WestJet Flights

Watch Brandy Yanchyk's Travel series "Dino Trails" on Canada's WestJet Flights

You can see Brandy Yanchyk's travel documentary series “Dino Trails” advertised when you fly on WestJet.

“Dino Trails” and Brandy's other travel series “Seeing Canada” are both available on WestJet Connect - their inflight entertainment offering! Enjoy when you fly. https://www.westjet.com/en-ca/travel-info/inflight/entertainment

Filming at the Whitney Plantation for the Louisiana episode of "Seeing the USA"

Filming at the Whitney Plantation for the Louisiana episode of "Seeing the USA"

While we were filming an episode of my travel series "Seeing the USA" in Louisiana we visited the Whitney Plantation. It is about an hour outside of New Orleans.
It is the only plantation museum in Louisiana with an exclusive focus on slavery. Here Dr. Joy Banner told us about the lives of the enslaved who were forced to cultivate sugar and rice on this plantation from 1752-1865. Joy is a descendent of some of the enslaved people who worked here.
You can learn all about this important part of history in my travel series "Seeing the USA" when it airs on Amazon Prime Video and on public TV stations in the USA including PBS. #SeeingtheUSA