CRKN's negotiation strategy is supported by the following members of the Stakeholder Alignment Group:
- Alejandro Adem - President, NSERC
- Christine Chambers - Canada Research Chair in Children’s Pain and a Killam Professor in the departments of Psychology & Neuroscience and Pediatrics and Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Dalhousie University
- 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, 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
- 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