Marcel Mason

Who is Marcel Mason?

Marcel Mason, born June 15, 1959, is a Canadian Blogger and political activist who runs the Stageleft:.Life on the left side political weblog.

Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, he joined the Hudson's Bay Company in August 1978 and moved to Eskimo Point. He subsequently lived and worked in Coral Harbour, Igloolik, Hall Beach, Chesterfield Inlet, and Rankin Inlet with the Hudson's Bay Company. In 1982, Mason left the Hudson's Bay Company and worked in the social housing field in the eastern Arctic until 1992 when he entered the field of Municipal politics. In 1994, he and his family, relocated to Iqaluit where he graduated from the Nunavut Arctic College Management Studies Program with honours.

In 1997, while working with Nunanet Communications, Mason set up the Eastern Arctics first political discussion forum named, "The Political Discussion Forum" as a result of dissatisfaction with how the Northwest Territories government located in the western Arctic city of Yellowknife addressed the concerns of people in the eastern regions territory. The discussion forum was very successful and quickly became the place for citizens to express and discuss their political concerns.