Over the past twenty years, The Walrus has been a steady bellwether of must-read writing. For our 20th anniversary, we’ve collected works that still surprise us, impress us, move us.

Here are some of the best visual essays that we’ve published.



Water

BY EDWARD BURTYNSKY
Our unquenchable thirst for the earth’s defining resource


Our Weekly Bread

BY PETER MENZEL
Around the world in many meals




Finding My Grandmother in Portraits of Other Women

BY ANGELA LEWIS
For years, I was drawn to photographing older women without knowing what I was searching for




The Last Stop for Greyhound

BY DEREK SHAPTON
The company cancelled bus service in Western Canada, isolating hundreds of communities. We went along for the final ride




In Attawapiskat

BY LOUISE BERNICE HALFE
Real life on the rez




If These Walls Could Talk

BY LANA ŠLEZIĆ
The physical traces of residential schools




Central Parc

BY KATE HUTCHINSON
Finding common ground under Montreal’s giant cross




Float Free or Die

BY LAURA TRETHEWEY AND CHLOË ELLINGSON
British Columbia’s last houseboat squatters fight eviction

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