Angela Sommers
Herons Nest Landscape
landscape design & contracting - school board trustee - architecture student
Re-elect in 2025
Serving as your public school trustee over the past four years has been both inspiring and eye-opening. I’ve seen the heart and dedication of our teachers, staff, and students—and I’ve also seen how government decisions are undermining public education by stripping trustees’ voices, underfunding classrooms, and funneling resources into private and charter schools. That’s not fair to students, families, or teachers.
At the core of my work is one clear promise: Students First. All students. Always. That means standing up against harmful anti-trans legislation, resisting censorship and book bans, and demanding that every child has a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment.
I believe in giving students the tools to succeed in the world they are inheriting—climate education, creativity through the arts, Indigenous land-based learning, and thoughtful leadership on new technologies like AI. These are not “extras”—they are essentials.
Free, high-quality public education is the backbone of democracy. It should never be undermined, sold off, or treated as second best. I am committed to fighting for fair funding, equitable access, and the resources every child needs to thrive.
Public education belongs to all of us—and together, we can build a future where every student has the opportunity to succeed.
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Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge Treaty Six territory to the North of the Waskasoo seepee. The waters of the Red Deer River sustains and nurtures us all; from the water we drink to the food we grow to the cleansing showers that wash our bodies. Treaty Six territory is, was and will always be the homeland of the Nehiyawak (neh-HEE-oh-wuk), Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux (sawl-toh), Nakota Sioux (sue).
We also acknowledge Treaty Seven territory to the south of the Waskasoo seepee. Treaty Seven territory is, was and will always be the homeland of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai (g-ai-nah), Piikani (pee-kah-nee), Siksika (seeg-see-kah) as well as the Tsuu T’ina (soot-tenna) First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation.
We acknowledge the land that Red Deer is now on is, was and will always be the homeland of the Metis and we are part of Region Three with Metis Nation of Alberta.
Thank you to the many First Nations that live, play and care for the land that Red Deer is now on.
We humbly thank the Elders and traditional knowledge keepers for your compassion and patience as together, through the process of truth and reconciliation, we unravel colonization.