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The Honourable Mr. Justice Mark Mossey

Nunavut Court of Justice, Justice
Full 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.

Justice Mossey was appointed a judge of the Nunavut Court of Justice in February 2025.