The Group of Seven Struggle

Notes on writing my recent essay in The Walrus

In May of last year, my editor at The Walrus reached out to me about writing an essay for the Group of Seven’s 100th anniversary. 

I’d never given the Group of Seven much thought before. To be honest, I can’t even name all of them. JH MacDonald, Lawren Harris, Franklin Carmichael. It’s all blank from there. I pray I’m never in a Canadian trivia situation…