Wikipedia:Derrick Haro

Derrick John Gladstone Haro (* March 20, 1953, Winnipeg, Canada, + May 20, 1993, Mazandaran, Iran) was a Canadian Diplomat, specialized in International Trade, previously an educator, writer, and activist of equity and diversity rights in the workplace. Derrick was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada, and a member of the Order of Artic Adventurers since 1983.

Diplomatic career
Derrick Haro dedicated his diplomatic career to the evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy and International Trade interest overseas, with the main focus towards the Middle East and the Americas developing diplomatic affairs and Canadian interests overseas. In 1982 he was recruited by the Canadian Federal Government, and invited to attend the Canadian Diplomatic Career training program in Ottawa, ON. Soon after attending Parliamentary Sessions, he joined the Ministry of External Affairs Canada and began an extraordinary career that took him to hold diplomatic postings in Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Uruguay, the USA, and Iran.

Academic Life
Derrick Haro was educated at the University of Victoria, graduating with a Bachelor of Honours in Education and a Master in Public Administration. Among his academic talents, Derrick was a polyglot becoming fluent in French, Spanish, a good command of German, basic fluency in Arabic and Persian, and of course fluency in his mother-tongue English. Prior to his diplomatic career, Derrick Haro was an Adult Educator, taking teaching appointments in Victoria BC and summer sessions in Europe, mainly in Western Germany, Italy, and the former Yugoslavia, delivering sessions in the fields of English Second Language Acquisition and Literature. Additionally, he taught English Theater in Canada and as a visiting faculty at UCLA, contributing as a casual playwright to California based-productions; wherefrom his frequent trips to San Francisco gave him the opportunity to mingle with the Castro's LGTBQ community beginning his more journalistic writing career by creating articles for local publications on issues related to common-law marriage, single parenting, equity, and multicultural diversity rights promoted in Canada by Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Derrick's articles focused on community education of the performing arts profession.

Early life
Derrick John Gladstone Haro was born on March 20, 1953 in the City of Winnipeg, to a classic Canadian family of European immigrants backgrounds; His mother was Alva Gladstone Rose, a Canadian of Scottish heritage and his father was John Paul Hora, a Hungarian immigrant entrepreneur dedicated to the field of Horse Trading that took the family to relocate during Derrick's early age to Victoria, British Columbia. From his paternal family, Derrick is related to the Czech poet and writer Josef Hora, and from his maternal side to the British politician William Ewart Gladstone. Derrick grew up in British Columbia enjoying outdoor sports, hiking, tennis and rowing.

Legacy
Derrick Harro developed and established an extensive diplomatic network for Canada, by implemented influential commercial strategies overseas that keep bringing successful outcomes to Global Affairs Canada from the Middle-East and South-America at current times. Derrick lost his life in 1993, at the early age of 39, during a tragic road accident in Iran. He was survived by his longtime companion and his two sons.

Bibliographic Records

 * Alumni Association, vol. 1981, section H, Library of the University of Victoria, Victoria BC, 2000 Canada
 * Order of Artic Adventurers, Explore Canada's Artic Archives, Northwest Territories, by John H. Parker, 1983 Canada
 * Foreign Missions Historical Records / Haro, D.J., Officer of Foreign Mission / 1990 Texas Driver's License & Residency Records, USA Department of State, 2010 Washington, D.C.
 * In Memorian, Derrick J. Haro, "A Canadian Diplomat", by Bout de Papier, Canada's diplomatic magazine, Vol.10, #3, pag. 27, Ottawa ON, June 1993 Canada