FRANCES KOZIAR
Canadian author
NONFICTION
Most of my nonfiction is published under a private penname, with the exceptions of:
1) Opinion Articles (mostly on poverty/classism)
2) Unitarian Universalist (multi-faith) writings for congregational use
3) Academic Articles (from my time in academia)
Newspaper Opinion Articles
-- "Changing 'homeless' to 'unhoused' won't fix the crisis". Published January 2025 in Ottawa Citizen. [Free access] https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/koziar-changing-homeless-to-unhoused-wont-fix-the-crisis
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-- "Classism in the Canada Disability Benefit -- and in Kingston". Published May 2024 in The Kingstonist. [Free access] https://www.kingstonist.com/news/opinion-classism-in-the-canada-disability-benefit-and-in-kingston/
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-- "Why I don't want anything to do with Barbie" (sexism). Published September 2023 in The Montreal Gazette. [Free access] https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/opinion-why-i-dont-want-anything-to-do-with-barbie
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-- "Why We Need to Talk About Kingston's Shared Housing Crisis" (poverty in Kingston, ON). Published March 2022 in the Kingstonist. [Free access] https://www.kingstonist.com/culture/opinion/opinion-why-we-need-to-talk-about-kingstons-shared-housing-crisis/
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-- "Why People Still Don't Care About Poverty, Despite the Pandemic" (classism in Canada). Published March 2022 in CBC: Opinion. [Free access] https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-pandemic-inadvertent-support-poverty-1.6367976
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-- "The Meaning of Poor" (poverty and classism). Published in Best Canadian Essays 2021, September 2021. [Paid access] http://biblioasis.com/shop/new-release/best-canadian-essays-2021/
Unitarian Universalist Publications
Canadian Unitarian Universalism is a multi-faith (+atheist) religion centred around the values of radical inclusion and respect. Below are some open-access publications available for congregational use:​​
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-- "Climate Justice: Individual Action, Classism, and Facing the Hard Truths of Our Faith". Full sermon, one of the winners of the UU Climate Action Revival Sermon Contest, September 2024. Available in text and video [Free access] here: https://www.uuclimatejustice.org/sermon
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-- "When Covenant Breaks" (Poem). Published March 2022 on WorshipWeb [Free access] https://www.uua.org/worship/words/reading/when-covenant-breaks
(There is also a video of this one starting at 37m07s in this open-access UUA national service: https://www.uua.org/worship/holidays/woven-garment-destiny)
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-- "Let us Give Thanks for the Whistleblowers" (anti-oppressive poem). Published March 2022 on Worship Web [Free access] https://www.uua.org/worship/words/poetry/let-us-give-thanks-whistleblowers
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-- "A Chalice Lighting for the Light and the Dark" (anti-racism). Published March 2022 on WorshipWeb [Free access] https://www.uua.org/worship/words/chalice-lighting/chalice-lighting-dark-and-light
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-- "Bringing Us Home to Love" (Chalice lighting). Published January 2022 on WorshipWeb [Free access] https://www.uua.org/worship/words/chalice-lighting/bringing-us-home-love
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-- "An Offering for Different Classes" (Offering words). Published January 2022 on WorshipWeb [Free access access] https://www.uua.org/worship/words/offering/offering-different-social-classes
Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal Articles
Koziar, Frances
2025/2026 (in Production) "Reassessing the Evidence for Aztec Cannibalism". Historical Archaeology:
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