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'''Pat Capponi''' (born 1949) is a Canadian author and an advocate for ] issues and ] issues in Canada. She lives in Toronto. Her works include several nonfiction titles and a mystery novel series.
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'''Patricia Ann Capponi''', {{Post-nominals|size=100%|country=CAN|OOnt|CM}} (July 1, 1949 – April 6, 2020) was a Canadian writer and an advocate for ] issues and ] issues in Canada.
She has also served as a board member at the ] in Toronto and as a member of the ] in Ontario.


== Early life and education ==
⚫ ==Awards==
Pat Capponi was born in ]. She attended ] and ].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2020 |title=PATRICIA CAPPONI Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/patricia-capponi-obituary?id=40706135 |access-date=December 31, 2022 |website=]}}</ref><ref name=":3" />
⚫ *]
⚫ *C. M. Hincks Award from the ]


==Reviews== == Career ==
*"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<ref></ref>
*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]


==Bibliography== === Activism ===
Capponi served as a board member at the ] in Toronto, as a part time board member of the Consent and Capacity Board and as a member of the Advocacy Commission in Ontario. Capponi was the co-facilitator of the "From Surviving To Advising" initiative undertaken by the ] (CAMH). The effort brought together consumer-survivors with psychiatry residents to allow those with lived experience to work with residents to understand new perspectives of recovery. "We, those with lived experience, must challenge the status quo," explained Capponi. "We must be the change agents, we must dare to speak our truths even when gate-keepers and those who derive their status and employment from our communities deny us our right to speak, to engage, to point out the systemic failures that guarantee their jobs and our continued poverty."<ref name=":0" />


For her decades of activism and leadership, Capponi was named a Member of the ] in 1993, and a Member of the ] in 2015.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees |work=] |url=http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1296405-four-nova-scotians-among-order-of-canada-honourees |access-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613134234/http://thechronicleherald.ca/canada/1296405-four-nova-scotians-among-order-of-canada-honourees |archive-date=June 13, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":4" />
⚫ *''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
=== Writing ===
⚫ *''The War at Home'' Toronto: Viking, 1999. ISBN 0-670-88244-5
Capponi's published writing included several nonfiction titles and a mystery novel series. Her first five books, including ''Upstairs in the Crazy House'' (1992) and ''Beyond the Crazy House'' (2003), report on her experiences with psychiatric hospitalization and boarding house living, and contain her thoughts on improving provisions for consumer-survivors.<ref name=":1">Kathryn Church, ''Forbidden Narratives: Critical Autobiography as Social Science''. p. 26.</ref> Her last two books, ''Last Stop Sunnyside'' (2006) and ''The Corpse Will Keep'' (2008) are mysteries featuring a woman detective in Toronto's ] neighborhood, where Capponi lived.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 15, 2006 |title=Pat Capponi |url=https://quillandquire.com/authors/capponis-new-hat/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |website=]}}</ref> She also wrote and published a newsletter, ''The Cuckoo's Nest'', and hosted a local cable television program, ''Cuckoo's Nest Cable''.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Nestruck |first=J. Kelly |date=April 24, 2020 |title=Mental-health advocate Pat Capponi spoke out for marginalized people |work=] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-psychiatric-survivor-pat-capponi-spoke-out-for-marginalized-people/ |access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref>
⚫ *''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
== Personal life ==
⚫ *''Bound by duty : walking the beat with Canada's cops''
Capponi moved to Toronto at 18, to escape her abusive family home,<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Stoffman |first=Judy |date=October 18, 2014 |title=After overcoming heroin addiction, Diana Capponi helped hundreds of mental health patients |work=] |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/after-overcoming-heroin-addiction-diana-capponi-helped-hundreds-of-mental-health-patients/article21156188/ |access-date=June 20, 2020}}</ref> and had several psychiatric hospitalizations there. Capponi was openly ].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Her sister ] also moved to Toronto, and did similar work, with fellow survivors of abuse and addiction, before her death in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Porter |first=Catherine |date=September 27, 2014 |title=CAMH loses a shining light: Diana Capponi 'helped me be brave' |work=] |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/09/27/capponi.html |access-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208153736/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/09/27/capponi.html |archive-date=December 8, 2014}}</ref> Pat Capponi was diagnosed with ] in 2019, and died with medical assistance at age 70 years, on April 6, 2020, in a Toronto hospital.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=April 6, 2020 |title=Anti-poverty activist and writer Pat Capponi dead at 70 |work=] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/anti-poverty-activist-and-writer-pat-capponi-dead-at-70-1.5523398 |access-date=April 9, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> In a farewell video, she encouraged her audience to "work on yourselves, work on the system, reach back, help people who are striving to be seen and need role models."<ref name=":3" />
**(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
⚫ == Awards ==
⚫ *Order of Ontario (1993)
*Order of Canada (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 2, 2015 |title=Order of Canada for Pat Capponi recognizes advocacy for those living with mental illness |url=https://recoverynet.ca/2015/07/02/order-of-canada-for-pat-capponi11496/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |website=recovery network: Toronto}}</ref>
*Lifetime Achievement Award, ] (2018)<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 5, 2018 |title=From out of "The Cuckoo's Nest," Pat Capponi embodies true and honest leadership |url=https://leadership.civicaction.ca/diversecity-fellows/df-leadership-spotlight/pat-capponi/ |access-date=June 20, 2020 |website=CivicAction Leadership Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
⚫ *] Award from the ]

==Selected publications==

⚫ *''Upstairs in the Crazy House'' (1992) {{ISBN|0-670-83898-5}}
⚫ *''Dispatches from the Poverty Line'' (1997) {{ISBN|0-14-026233-4}}
⚫ *''The War at Home'' (1999) {{ISBN|0-670-88244-5}}
⚫ *''Bound by duty : walking the beat with Canada's cops (''2000) {{ISBN|0-670-88931-8}}
⚫ *''Beyond the Crazy House: changing the future of madness'' (2003) {{ISBN|0-14-100510-6}}
⚫ *''Last Stop Sunnyside'' (2006) {{ISBN|0-00-639412-4}} {{ISBN|978-0-00-639412-9}}
*''The Corpse Will Keep'' (2008) {{ISBN|978-1-55468-100-6}}

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Canadian writer (1949–2020)
Pat Capponi
Closeup of a white woman's face; she is wearing glasses and her dark hair is cut in long bangs.Pat Capponi, in a 1980 photograph for the Toronto Star by Keith Beaty
BornPatricia Ann Capponi
July 1, 1949
Montreal
DiedApril 6, 2020(2020-04-06) (aged 70)
Toronto
Occupation(s)Advocate for psychiatric consumer-survivors, others living in poverty or precarity

Patricia Ann Capponi, OOnt CM (July 1, 1949 – April 6, 2020) was a Canadian writer and an advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues in Canada.

Early life and education

Pat Capponi was born in Montreal. She attended Dawson College and Sir George Williams University.

Career

Activism

Capponi served as a board member at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, as a part time board member of the Consent and Capacity Board and as a member of the Advocacy Commission in Ontario. Capponi was the co-facilitator of the "From Surviving To Advising" initiative undertaken by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). The effort brought together consumer-survivors with psychiatry residents to allow those with lived experience to work with residents to understand new perspectives of recovery. "We, those with lived experience, must challenge the status quo," explained Capponi. "We must be the change agents, we must dare to speak our truths even when gate-keepers and those who derive their status and employment from our communities deny us our right to speak, to engage, to point out the systemic failures that guarantee their jobs and our continued poverty."

For her decades of activism and leadership, Capponi was named a Member of the Order of Ontario in 1993, and a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.

Writing

Capponi's published writing included several nonfiction titles and a mystery novel series. Her first five books, including Upstairs in the Crazy House (1992) and Beyond the Crazy House (2003), report on her experiences with psychiatric hospitalization and boarding house living, and contain her thoughts on improving provisions for consumer-survivors. Her last two books, Last Stop Sunnyside (2006) and The Corpse Will Keep (2008) are mysteries featuring a woman detective in Toronto's Parkdale neighborhood, where Capponi lived. She also wrote and published a newsletter, The Cuckoo's Nest, and hosted a local cable television program, Cuckoo's Nest Cable.

Personal life

Capponi moved to Toronto at 18, to escape her abusive family home, and had several psychiatric hospitalizations there. Capponi was openly lesbian. Her sister Diana Capponi also moved to Toronto, and did similar work, with fellow survivors of abuse and addiction, before her death in 2014. Pat Capponi was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019, and died with medical assistance at age 70 years, on April 6, 2020, in a Toronto hospital. In a farewell video, she encouraged her audience to "work on yourselves, work on the system, reach back, help people who are striving to be seen and need role models."

Awards

Selected publications

References

  1. ^ "PATRICIA CAPPONI Obituary". Legacy.com. April 8, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  2. ^ Nestruck, J. Kelly (April 24, 2020). "Mental-health advocate Pat Capponi spoke out for marginalized people". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle Herald. July 1, 2015. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  4. ^ "Anti-poverty activist and writer Pat Capponi dead at 70". CBC. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Kathryn Church, Forbidden Narratives: Critical Autobiography as Social Science. p. 26.
  6. "Pat Capponi". Quill & Quire. March 15, 2006. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  7. Stoffman, Judy (October 18, 2014). "After overcoming heroin addiction, Diana Capponi helped hundreds of mental health patients". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  8. Porter, Catherine (September 27, 2014). "CAMH loses a shining light: Diana Capponi 'helped me be brave'". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  9. "Order of Canada for Pat Capponi recognizes advocacy for those living with mental illness". recovery network: Toronto. July 2, 2015. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  10. "From out of "The Cuckoo's Nest," Pat Capponi embodies true and honest leadership". CivicAction Leadership Foundation. April 5, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2020.

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