Pat Capponi

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Pat Capponi (born 1949) is a Canadian author and an advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues in Canada. She lives in Toronto. Her works include several nonfiction titles and a mystery novel series.

She has also served as a board member at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and as a member of the Advocacy Commission in Ontario.

1 Awards
2 Reviews
3 Bibliography
4 External links

[edit] Awards

Order of Ontario
C. M. Hincks Award from the Canadian Mental Health Association

[edit] Reviews

"I think the member should take the opportunity to read the book by Pat Capponi -- I say this once more -- Upstairs in the Crazy House. I think you'll find it instructive." Stephen Owens (Scarborough Centre) speaking in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, May 16, 1994^[1]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060415.BKMAYH15/TPStory/SpecialEvents/columnists The Globe and Mail, April 15, 2006 "Last Stop Sunnyside, by Pat Capponi, HarperCollins", reviewed by Margaret Cannon]

[edit] Bibliography

Upstairs in the Crazy House Toronto : Viking, 1992. ISBN 0-670-83898-5
Dispatches from the Poverty Line Toronto : Penguin, 1997. 194 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0-14-026233-4
The War at Home Toronto: Viking, 1999. ISBN 0-670-88244-5
Beyond the Crazy House: changing the future of madness Toronto : Penguin Canada, 2003. xvii, 238 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0-14-100510-6
Last Stop Sunnyside (2006) Toronto : HarperCollins, c2006. 237 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0-00-639412-4 ISBN 978-0-00-639412-9
Bound by duty : walking the beat with Canada's cops
- (Hardcover edition) Toronto : Viking, 2000. 212 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0-670-88931-8
- (Paperback edition)Toronto : Penguin, 2001, c2000. 212 p. ; 22 cm. ISBN 0-14-028887-2