Mercedes Perez was invited to speak at an Osgoode Hall Law School conference titled “Fairness, Mental Health and Administrative Process” held on September 19, 2018. Mercedes, along with Lucy Costa (Deputy Executive Director of the Empowerment Council) and Brendon Pooran (Pooran Law), spoke on the “Perspectives and Voices” panel. Mercedes’ talk focused on fairness issues for NCR and unfit accused and patient applicants at Ontario Review Board and Consent and Capacity Board hearings.