Frances Cappe

Education

• B.Sc. – B.S.W. George Williams College, Chicago, Illinois 1971
• Certificate in Family Mediation, University of Toronto 1999

Appointments

• Registered as a Social Worker with the Ontario College of of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
• Member, Board of Directors, Access for Parents and Children in Ontario; June 2000 to January 2002.
• Member, Board of Directors, Justice for Children and Youth; 1994 – 1999.
• Qualified Expert Witness in custody and access and the best interest of the child.

Work History

• Ombudsman Ontario Investigator ; February 2009 – April 2016.
• Ministry of the Attorney General, Office of the Children’s Lawyer Clinical Investigator and Regional Supervisor; May 2002 – February 2009.
• Ministry of the Attorney General, Office of the Children’s Lawyer Clinical Investigator Agent; 1994 – 2002.
• Private practice in Custody Investigations, Therapeutic Family Mediation and Counseling.
• Supervisor of Court Services, Family Services and Intake in a Children’s Aid Society; 1989 – 1994.
• Clinical Director of “Gothic House”, an innovative residential treatment program facility for Young Offenders and Crown Wards; 1978 – 1989.
• Supervisor of Open Custody, Detention and Crisis residences for youth.
• Community Development Worker in East Side Vancouver.
• Street Outreach and developing programs in Chicago for housing, medical, counseling and legal help for homeless youth.
• Developed a pilot project in Court Diversion for youth in Toronto, in the late 1970s, which is still the model in use today.