Eddie Robar was appointed as permanent City Manager in November 2024 after serving as Interim City Manager since April 2024. Responsible for leading more than 11,000 employees and delivering more than 70 lines of business, he is the primary link between staff and City Council. Eddie was a Director of Transit in Halifax and moved west in 2016 to become the Branch Manager of Edmonton Transit Service, serving as a Branch Manager for Fleet and Facility Services before becoming the Deputy City Manager of City Operations. Leading the department responsible for parks, roads, transit, waste, fleet and facility programs, he has overseen the redesign of the City’s bus network, improved snow and ice programs, and advanced an organics waste program. Eddie was a ‘Top 40 under 40’ industry leader in Mass Transit Magazine and has won several national transportation awards. As a City employee with over 20 years of experience in municipal government, he is part of a team that leads the way in innovation and service excellence.
The Summit unites the public and private sectors, domestic and international, against hate and extremism. Researchers, activists, lawyers, technology experts, political leaders, and more come together, each bringing their unique tools to the fight. Important relationships that were established at the Summit in 2021 have carried forward into working groups with concrete deliverables for 2022 and beyond.
