Esther Guillen, a fourth year religion major at Carleton University, was selected as one of 10 recipients of the inaugural FASS/OVPRI Undergraduate Summer Research Internships. Esther spent this past summer working with ZC researchers professors Deidre Butler (Religion) and Betina Kuzmarov (Law) on a new interview-based project focusing on Jewish divorce in Canadian context. In 2017, she was also awarded the Andras award for her research project on Jewish divorce.
Esther is now working as the Senior Administrative Assistant for the ZC as part of a work-study position. She will also continue as Research Assistant for this very important project on the Aguna. Esther has been extremely involved in the Religion program at Carleton over the past three years, and is very excited to further enhance her knowledge of the Jewish community in Ottawa through her work with the ZC.