Though she works on large-scale strategic initiatives in her career, her deepest personal mission is fuelled by a debt of gratitude
Age: 36
When Kimberley Shuya’s son spent the first weeks of his life at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, she experienced first-hand what it meant to face such a difficult situation. She also experienced what it was like to be carried through that frightening time with the love, care and community her family received at the hospital. It gave her perspective on giving back.
The Edmonton-born mother of two developed leadership skills first through EPCOR’s management development program, then as a strategic senior leader at BMO. She had always been a volunteer, but her family’s experience at the Stollery supercharged her efforts.
She found a way to bring the skills she had developed in her corporate career to her philanthropy. “It marries my career and my family experiences so I can have an impact,” Shuya says.
Today, Shuya leads the Stollery Women’s Network, bringing together roughly 30 women who contribute their professional skills, connections and time to support the hospital and its future. This core group has a big goal: together, they aim to raise $1 million for the new Stollery Children’s Hospital through the No Bounds campaign.
For Shuya, leadership isn’t about doing everything herself. It’s about mobilizing people and recognizing what each person can accomplish, while finding a way to turn individual contributions into collective impact.
“The biggest thing that I’ve learned is that all these little pieces add up,” she says. “That’s the strategy behind it — being able to figure out all those pieces and how people can work together. We can affect great change.”
For a busy mother with a demanding career, the work could easily feel like another item on a full schedule. Instead, it has become the place where the different parts of her life meet.
“This, in particular, has allowed me to tie my whole life together.”
This article appears in the November-December 2026 issue of Edify
