I'm thrilled to announce another Seeing Canada Holiday Marathon is Here — Join Me on This Adventure!
Ready to explore Canada with me this holiday season? There's going to be a Seeing Canada marathon coming up on CPAC - Cable Public Affairs Channel.
Holiday Marathon Schedule (All times in EST):
Christmas Day (Dec 25) – Season 4 starts at Noon
Boxing Day (Dec 26) – Season 3 starts at 10 AM
New Year’s Day (Jan 1) – Season 4 begins at 4 PM
In Season 3, we connect with Canada’s incredible culinary scene, explore its beautiful nature, and dive into the rich diversity of cultures. We also uncover stories of Indigenous tourism, Black History, and Southwestern Ontario’s deep ties to the Underground Railroad.
In Season 4, we continue the journey with even more — connecting with Canada’s food, nature, diverse cultures, unique characters, and the powerful stories of Indigenous tourism.
I’m so excited for you to join me on this journey — I hope to inspire you to explore new places and see Canada in a whole new light.
Catch all the action on CPAC TV — Happy Holidays!
I do love growing food and making films so this new series Food's Footprint with Brandy Yanchyk makes me very happy. It focuses on sustainable agriculture and the future of food.
So far I have made three short videos about five minutes each. Please enjoy them and think about all the wonderful things you could be growing in your garden.
The series is on my YouTube channel for free. Please subscribe and share. https://www.youtube.com/@BrandyYProductions
A big thank you to Thomas Dudley and Cory Johnn for their camera work and Johnny Blerot for the sound mix and Michael Macintosh for the colour correction and delivery. I am the director, producer, writer, host and editor on the series!
These short films were made with the support of Alberta's government through Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
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.
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.
Journalist Brandy Yanchyk had 20 speed pitch meetings at #IPW23 in San Antonio, Texas.
This IPW event included four days of networking .
Brandy was there looking for more stories for her travel documentary series Seeing the USA which airs on PBS stations, Create TV and on different airlines.
5,000 delegates from 60+ countries conducted 90,000+ face-to-face appointments at IPW.
This event is all about travel to the U.S.
We are thrilled to announce that Brandy Yanchyk and Dr. Tammara Soma’s new documentary "Food is my Teacher" will be released on CBC Gem on Friday August 25th, and will premiere on CBC TV at 7 pm on Saturday August 26th in Alberta and BC.
Here is the synopsis of this new documentary:
Food can teach us love and bring people together. But for Tammara Soma, a food professor, food was originally a source of pain. Join her journey to learn about the healing power of food from the perspective of Indigenous, Muslim, Chinese, Filipino, Sikh and Polish Canadian experts.
Follow the Facebook page for Food is My Teacher here.
"Food is my Teacher" was co-written and co-directed by Brandy Yanchyk and Dr. Tammara Soma. It was produced by Brandy Yanchyk and Sheila Peacock from CBC was the Executive Producer. It was edited by Sarah Taylor Editor.
The Director of Photographer was Mitch Fraser and filming in BC was by Thomas Dudley.
Rory Lee Design is the Art Director and Graphic Designer. Sound Mix by Johnny Blerot and Colour Correction by Michael McIntosh.
The rough cut of the new documentary “Food is My Teacher” is done! The film focuses on the healing power of food.
Thank you to our editor Sarah Taylor for your hard work on this new documentary.
“Food is My Teacher” is co-directed and co-written by Dr. Tammara Soma and filmmaker Brandy Yanchyk.
Brandy produced the documentary working with Executive Producer Sheila Peacock.
This new film will air on CBC TV and on CBC Gem in the summer of 2023.
Thank you Banff National Park!
You were the perfect destination for the Canadian Chapter of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) conference.
Journalist Brandy Yanchyk attended and gained lots of new story ideas for her travel series Seeing Canada.
A huge shout out to Kim Logan and John Doherty at Banff & Lake Louise Tourism, the SATW Sites Committee, the Fairmont Banff Springs and Flora Fioritti from Rare Indigo for putting it all together.
This photo was were taken at the top of the Banff Gondola from the Sulphur Mountain summit.
On Thursday, January 26th, 2023 along with other international travel journalists Brandy Yanchyk had 24 Speed Pitching meetings at TravMedia’s International Media Marketplace (IMM).
It's the leading global networking event connecting the travel industry.
She can’t wait to make more episodes of her travel series “Seeing Canada”, “Seeing the USA” and more shows in different destinations.
Her series are airing on PBS stations, Create TV, CPAC-TV and on Amazon Prime.
#IMMUSA #IMMNYC #IMM23!
#SeeingCanada #SeeingtheUSA #BrandyYProductions #travel
It started airing on Monday, January 23rd, 2023.
The six new episodes will air on Mondays at 10:30 am ET and repeat at 5:30 pm ET.
Here's their website and more information about Create TV: https://createtv.com.
- Create is currently available in 26 of the top 30 markets in the USA
- Aired by 111 licensees representing 240 stations / 83% of the country
- Reached 40.2M P18+ viewers (in 2020-2021)
- Over-indexes the U.S. average with African Americans and other ethnicities
- Attracts viewers from all income ranges with 47% having HH income of $50,000 or more
- In primetime, Create's average household audience is comparable to long-time cable networks like FYI and FX Movie Channel; and exceeds others such as Great American Channel, Ovation and Vice
- Active presence on five social platforms (250k fans)
You can find out more about #SeeingCanada season three here: https://brandyyanchyk.com/seeing-canada-s3
Filmmaker, Brandy Yanchyk, is looking forward to connecting with you in her new Brandy Y Productions Inc. email newsletter.
If you are interested in learning more about Brandy's upcoming documentary films, her travel series Seeing Canada/ Seeing the USA and other reflections please sign up for the new Brandy Y Productions Inc. newsletter here:
Thank you to everyone who has reached out to journalist, Brandy Yanchyk, by email or direct message about her travel series Seeing Canada! One of the comments we hear all the time is how much you love learning about Indigenous tourism in Canada.
Coming up in season four of #SeeingCanada Brandy visits with Stephen and Florence Paul from Firstnationstourism. In this episode Brandy learns about the activities you can do when you visit the Mi’kmaq of Metepenagiag in New Brunswick.
This new episode is part of season four which is in editing now and will start airing in 2023 on PBS stations, Create TV and on CPAC in Canada starting on Canada Day which is July 1st!
We can't wait to share it with you.
Learn more about visiting Stephen and Florence Paul here:
Editing is in full swing for season four of Seeing Canada.
One of the fascinating people journalist Brandy Yanchyk met in New Brunswick while filming season four is Cornel Ceapa. He is a scientist with a PhD in sturgeon biology and owns Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar Inc!
Brandy tasted three types of Canadian sturgeon caviar and lots of other delicious sturgeon treats.
You can learn more here: https://www.acadian-sturgeon.com/en/products/
These new episodes of #SeeingCanada will be available for PBS stations in time for Canada Day which is July 1st.
Thank you to the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers for another great networking event.
This year’s conference in Glasgow was so inspiring.
Climate change, how we tell that story, how we want the world to be in 2030 and where the money is for programming were themes Brandy Yanchyk was particularly interested in at the conference.
Thank you so much Edmonton Screen Industries Office for giving Brandy Yanchyk a Market and Event Access Grant to come Glasgow to learn and pitch her films.
World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) is a member-driven organization formed by science and factual producers, broadcasters and content providers from around the world.
Each year, members gather for an annual conference in a different country to connect with colleagues through meetings and social events, learn about new industry trends as well as celebrate and be inspired by the smart content we produce and distribute.
#WCSFP22 #SmartContentMatters #Glasgow #filmmaker #documentary
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