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.
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[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
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Author website
- HarperCollins Canada
- Video trailer for Last Stop Sunnyside
