CRKN's negotiation strategy is supported by the following members of the Stakeholder Alignment Group:
| Alejandro Adem | President, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
| Christine Chambers |
Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain and Killam Professor in the departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Pediatrics at Dalhousie University, and Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health |
| Constance Crompton | Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities and Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Ottawa |
| Sophie d'Amours | Rector, Université Laval |
| Paul Davidson | President, Universities Canada |
| Meric Gertler | President, University of Toronto |
| Ted Hewitt | President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) |
| Mona Nemer | Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada |
| Roseann O'Reilly Runte | President and CEO, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) |
| Gilles Patry | Executive Director, U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities |
| Rémi Quirion | Chief Science Advisor, Québec, Fonds de recherche du Québec |
| Guy A. Rouleau | Director, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital |
| Alan Shepard | President and Vice-Chancellor, Western University |