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
Oh that was so much fun!
Brandy Yanchyk was interviewed for LIFESTYLES WITH LILLIAN VASQUEZ which airs on NPR, KVCR & FNX | First Nations Experience!
Lillian was interviewing Brandy about her documentary Breaking Loneliness, and her travel series Seeing Canada and Seeing the USA which are airing on PBS channels now.
The documentaries will air throughout the month of April 2021 on FNX TV to 22 states!
It's #internationalwomensday2021.
Tune into this panel where filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk talks about making her documentary Ms. Scientist with Canadian scientists who participated in the film Jackie Dawson, Anne Salomon and the Hon. Kirsty Duncan, the former Canadian Science Minister.
You can see the panel here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-hGyz6XV7k
You can also stream the documentary "Ms. Scientist" and two panel discussions about women and science from March 7-14 through the Universität Wien in Austria.
Register for the event here: https://wochem.univie.ac.at/int-womens-day-2021/
The documentary Ms. Scientist is also available on CBC Gem.
#IWD2021 #womeninscience #femalefilmmakers Brandy Y Productions Inc.
Fimmaker Brandy Yanchyk is back out in the field filming a new short documentary about Canadian philanthropists Peter and Doris Kule in Edmonton, Alberta.
The couple donated approximately twenty million dollars to educational institutions and other programs which celebrate Ukrainian Canadian heritage.
Brandy is making the documentary for the University of Alberta and MacEwan University.
Kule Folklore Centre at the U of A
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
Kule Institute for Advanced Study
Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre - MacEwan University
Brandy Yanchyk’s Dino Trails series is airing on RUSSIA’S TV TATARSTAN-NOVII VEK.
Thank you to distributor Flame Distribution.
Dino Trails season one reveals the latest dinosaur discoveries in Canada that are making headlines around the world and explains why these locations are famous.
Dino Trails season two is a five part series that continues to explore unknown bonebeds and up-and-coming paleontologists who are leading research and advancing paleontology in Alberta and British Columbia.
Brandy Yanchyk’s documentary Breaking Loneliness is starting to air across the USA on public TV stations. She was interviewed today by Shelley Irwin on the WGVU Morning Show to talk about why she decided to make this film on loneliness.
If you live in Grand Rapids, Michigan you can watch the documentary “Breaking Loneliness” this Sunday, February 21st at 3pm on WGVU, followed by a panel discussion featuring local professionals at 3:30. Made possible by Pine Rest and Network180.
Today Brandy Yanchyk participated in the “Analyzing & Building Better Work Relationships” #BANFFSpark workshop with Diana Kawarsky. She’s the President of The Soft Skills Group. Thank you Banff World Media Festival & Schulich School of Business - York University for this opportunity.
Brandy is in Cohort 2 of the BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media. It's an important new initiative to help increase the representation of women entrepreneurs in the media sector.
Through this new partnership, Banff Spark will provide participants with program instruction and a tailored curriculum developed with the unique entrepreneurial and industry expertise of faculty at Schulich’s Arts, Media and Entertainment Program.
#investinwomen #womeninmedia #banff2021 #SchoolofBrandy #Schulich
Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk is busy planning the next steps for her production company Brandy Y Productions Inc. which will include corporate work. This is one avenue that has been very successful lately. Of course Brandy will be making more travel series like Seeing Canada as soon as she can! This photo is of Brandy Yanchyk strategizing with Kymberley Hill from the brand storytelling company Paper Road in Banff. This mentorship is being offered to Brandy Yanchyk by the Banff World Media Festival & Strategy as part of the #BANFFSpark program. Brandy Yanchyk was chosen as Cohort 2 of the BANFF Spark Accelerator for Women in the Business of Media. It's an important new initiative to help increase the representation of women entrepreneurs in the media sector. #investinwomen #womeninmedia #banff2021 #SchoolofBrandy
Happy 100th Birthday Peter Kule! He is one of Canada's leading educational philanthropists. Filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk is thrilled to be making a new documentary about Peter and his wife Doris Kule. They are from Edmonton, Alberta and donated $17 million toward post-secondary institutions across Canada and focused on celebrating Ukrainian Canadian culture.
To learn more about their contributions visit the Kule Folklore Centre at the U of A , Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies ,Kule Institute for Advanced Study and the Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre - MacEwan University.
Brandy Yanchyk’s new documentary “Attachments of Life” is airing across Canada this Saturday, November 28th on CBC TV at 1pm EST. It’s in the “Absolutely Canadian” slot. The documentary is also always available online to Canadians for free on CBC GEM. For those outside of Canada they can watch the film on Vimeo On Demand.
"Breaking Loneliness" is a documentary about people finding ways to escape loneliness and social isolation.
This Friday, November 13th #BreakingLoneliness will be airing on AMI-tv at 8pm ET across Canada. Tune in.
Loneliness is a social epidemic that is impacting all age groups around the world. Although most of us are connected on social media, we have never felt more alone. Many of us find ourselves isolated from our communities and feeling lonely.
In this new documentary, Breaking Loneliness, we follow four people; Indigenous Peer Support Worker John Chief Moon, 2SLGBTQ+ Liaison and Peer Support Worker Jace Laing-Schroeder, volunteer Tom Greyson and ESL teacher Julie Kraychy — who have worked to overcome their own loneliness and social isolation and are now helping others to battle theirs.
