Sharon Hobenshield | Executive Director
Please reach out if you have any questions about KLF or would like to explore how we can work together. SHobenshield@klfoundation.ca
Sharon Hobenshield belongs to the House of Malii from the Gitxsan First Nation on her mother’s side and has German-Settler ancestry on her father’s side. She carries the Gitxsan name Ha-Youly and has worked on Coast Salish Territory on Vancouver Island as a social worker, educator, administrator and as of October 2021, in the position of Executive Director at the Kw’umut Lelum Foundation. Sharon believes strongly in Indigenous led and community determined programs and services. Sharon’s doctoral research titled, Haq wil la hlo is sim: Walk Slowly on the Breath of your Ancestors, was an examination of Indigenous gift-giving and inspired by her Grandfather’s teachings. Sharon is a proud mother of twin girls and makes her home in Nanoose Bay with her partner and mother.
