Diana Capponi

Diana Michele Capponi (February 22, 1953 – September 21, 2014) was a Canadian mental health activist, psychiatric survivor, and community leader.

She founded the Ontario Council of Alternative Businesses (OCAB), to create economic opportunities for psychiatric survivors.

[1] In 2003, Capponi became coordinator of the new Employment Works program at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).

[4] In this position she continued her earlier work, building businesses and careers with survivors of addiction and mental illness.

[1] "Current research indicates that there is absolutely no correlation between a person's mental health diagnosis and their ability to work.