The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016. This process emphasizes transparency, merit, and the diversity of the Canadian population, and will continue to ensure the appointment of jurists who meet the highest standards of excellence and integrity.
Mark T. Mossey, Executive Legal Officer at the Office of the Chief Justice of the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit, is appointed a Judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice in Iqaluit. Justice Mossey replaces Justice S. Cooper, who was appointed Chief Justice of the Nunavut Court of Justice effective November 27, 2024.
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"I wish Justice Mossey every success as he takes on his new role. I am confident he will serve the people of Nunavut well as a member of the Nunavut Court of Justice."
-The Hon. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Biography
Justice Mark T. Mossey received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta in 2000 (with Distinction), his LLB from the Faculty of Law at Queens University in 2003, and his Masters of Law degree (with Merit), with a concentration on Constitutional and Human Rights Law, from the London School of Economics in 2018. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 2004 and to the Nunavut Bar in 2010.
Justice Mossey has been the Executive Legal Officer in the Office of the Chief Justice of the Nunavut Court of Justice for the past several years. Prior to taking on this role, he was a poverty and civil law counsel at Maliganik Tukisiniarvik Legal Services in Iqaluit from 2010 through 2015. During the 2019 and 2020 academic years, he taught civil procedure, trial advocacy, and a course on poverty, equality, and the law at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Law's Nunavut Law Program in Iqaluit.
Justice Mossey was an active volunteer with the Law Society of Nunavut and the Federation of Law Societies. He was nominated by the Law Society of Nunavut to serve on Federation Council in November 2022. He previously served on Council as Nunavut's representative during the 2013-2014 term prior to becoming the President of the Law Society of Nunavut in 2014. In the fall of 2024, he was elected to serve on the Executive of the Federation as second vice president.
Justice Mossey and his spouse Amber live in Iqaluit with their four hockey playing children.
