Clarion
Advisory
Senior Advisory.
Fractional engagement.
​​​Clarion Advisory serves a range of Canadian organizations — from publicly listed issuers on the CSE and TSXV requiring disciplined filings and disclosure support, to private companies, nonprofits, and associations navigating capital strategy, strategic planning, and governance. With experience spanning government, venture-backed startups, higher education, and the public markets, Clarion provides the cross-sector perspective and technical depth needed to support organizations at every stage of their development.
Practice Areas
Corporate Governance & Secretarial
Clarion Advisory provides fractional corporate secretarial and governance services to Canadian companies that require disciplined, ongoing support without a full-time hire — on retainer or for defined project engagements.
Strategy & Advisory
Clarion Advisory brings analytical rigour and a cross-sector perspective to every engagement. We work with organizations at critical junctures. Raising capital, entering new markets, building partnerships, or making evidence-based decisions in complex environments.
Services
Strategy and Advisory
Market Research & Analytics
Rigorous primary and secondary research that grounds strategic decisions in evidence rather than assumption. Engagements include competitive landscape analysis, market sizing and segmentation, stakeholder and customer research, and synthesis of findings into clear, decision-ready reporting. Research is scoped to answer a specific strategic question and delivered with practical recommendations, not just data.
Strategic Planning
Facilitating and developing organizational strategy for companies, nonprofits, and associations at critical moments of growth or transition. Engagements span stakeholder consultation and environmental scanning through to strategic priority setting, implementation roadmaps, and performance measurement frameworks. The process is structured to produce a plan that is genuinely actionable, not a document that sits on a shelf.
Partnership Development
Identifying, structuring, and advancing strategic partnerships across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. This includes partnership opportunity mapping, negotiation support, memoranda of understanding, and ongoing relationship stewardship. Having worked within and alongside government, post-secondary institutions, industry associations, and private enterprise, the work is informed by a clear understanding of how different types of organizations approach collaboration and what makes partnerships durable.
Stakeholder Engagement
Designing and executing engagement processes that build genuine alignment across diverse stakeholder groups. Boards, funders, government, members, and community. Engagements include developing engagement strategies, facilitating consultations and working sessions, synthesizing input into findings reports, and recommending how engagement outcomes should inform organizational decision-making. Particular experience in regulated and public-interest environments where stakeholder trust is foundational.
Services
Corporate Governance
Corporate Compliance & Records
Maintaining accurate and current corporate records is a legal obligation, not an administrative afterthought. This includes annual return and ISC filings under the CBCA and applicable provincial legislation, minute book maintenance and reconstruction, articles amendments, and ongoing monitoring of corporate status and filing deadlines.
Governance Advisory
Practical, experience-based advice on governance structure, policy, and regulatory obligations. Engagements include bylaw review and restatement, director onboarding and fiduciary duty education, conflict of interest register management, and support for board committee structuring and succession planning.
Board & Meeting Support
End-to-end support for board and shareholder meetings — from drafting notices, agendas, and board packages through to attending, minuting, and tracking action items. Written resolutions in lieu of meetings are prepared as required, and AGM and shareholder meeting logistics are managed with care and precision.
Transactional Support
High-stakes transactions require governance documentation that is thorough and defensible. Support includes share issuances, transfers, and equity plan administration, pre-sale governance clean-up and data room preparation, corporate reorganization documentation, and coordination with legal and accounting advisors throughout.
About Clarion Advisory
Clarion Advisory provides governance and corporate secretarial support to organizations that need clarity, structure, and disciplined execution, particularly in regulated environments where documentation quality and compliance timelines matter. Our primary focus is supporting CSE and TSXV-listed companies and Capital Pool Companies (CPCs), including ongoing disclosure workflows in SEDAR+ and insider reporting administration support on SEDI. We also support early-stage private companies preparing for an IPO, and non-profits and associations seeking practical governance foundations.
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Founder Bio (Jennifer Sutherland)
Jennifer Sutherland is the founder and principal consultant at Clarion Advisory. She brings extensive experience operating in regulated environments where strong governance, high-quality documentation, and consistent compliance routines are essential.
Over her career, Jennifer has worked in and alongside government, not-for-profits, and early-stage start-ups, giving her a practical understanding of how governance needs to scale as organizations grow in complexity, scrutiny, and stakeholder expectations.​ She is known for building practical systems that reduce risk and friction: board-ready meeting cadence, clear decision records, disciplined version control, and audit-ready documentation.
Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Business Administration from Bellevue University.
