 He subsequently lived in Coral Harbour, Igloolik, Hall Beach, Chesterfield Inlet, and Rankin Inlet, working 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.