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Meet with an Academic Advisor

Undergraduate applicants and students

Are you a current VIU student? Have you applied to VIU? Do you have a VIU student number? Meeting with an Academic Advisor is an excellent way to begin your educational journey!  

The advising team is a group of knowledgeable and skilled people, including those with lived international and indigenous experience. We warmly welcome students from all backgrounds. We are here to assist with general inquiries across all program areas, ensuring that everyone feels supported on their educational journey. 

Our team is here to help with: 

  • course selection
  • preparations for applications to competitive programs
  • addressing academic concerns
  • getting your education on track
  • exploring options for changing program areas

Regardless of where you are, or where you come from, we are here to support you! 

It is, ultimately, the student’s responsibility to choose courses and programs to meet his or her own career or educational objectives.

Ways to meet with an Academic Advisor

Summer Drop-in office hours

  • Monday through Friday 9:30 am to 2:30 pm (closed on statutory holidays)

Sign in at the computer station in the lobby of the Health and Wellness Centre in Building 200.

VIU Advising Centre and most other services are closed on statutory holidays. In the event of campus closures due to extreme weather and unsafe conditions, please find extra online and phone appointment availability under "Book an Appointment" in Experience Hub.

Summer in-office (Building 200), phone and online appointments (to August 15)
 

  • Monday through Friday 9:30 am to 2:30 pm

Regular in-office (Building 200), phone and online appointments (from August 18)

  • Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday 8:30 am to 3:30 pm
  • Wednesday 10:30 am to 3:30 pm

VIU Advising Centre and most other services are closed on statutory holidays.  

Book an appointment through Experience Hub.

Watch these step-by-step instructions on how to create an account and book an appointment. Select the option that works best for you; using your computer or with your phone. Or if you prefer, follow these step-by-step written instructions.

 

Summer office hours to August 15

  • Monday through Friday 9:30 am to 2:30 pm (closed on statutory holidays)

Regular office hours from August 18

VIU Advising Centre and most other services are closed on statutory holidays.  

Students are required to book their own appointments through Experience Hub.  See the "Book Appointments" tab.

You can watch these step-by-step instructions on how to create an account and book an appointment. Select the option that works best for you; using your computer or with your phone.  Or if you prefer, follow these step-by-step written instructions.

Take the first step and see an Advisor

"Meeting with the advisors is always helpful. They always answer my questions and exceed what I need."

Academic advising

One: explore

  • Research Careers and Post Secondary Education and Training
  • Navigate the VIU website to find program information, learner support services and more
  • Learn what career opportunities exist for various majors 

Two: make choices

  • Use information and knowledge of values, strengths, interests and career and life goals to make choices

Three: decide and action plan

  • Apply decision making and planning skills to build and revise a workable education plan that fits with short and long term personal, career and lifestyle and educational goals

Four: enrich the experience

  • Discover VIU’s many enrichment opportunities
  • Consider participating in enrichment opportunities

Five: problem-solve

  • Identify obstacles and challenges to meeting your goals
  • Make plans to over come obstacles and challenges and to develop your abilities as a self-regulated learner

Six: focus on goals

  • Clarify the steps that lead to your desired credential
  • Identify details that become significant along the path to earning your current credential or another one beyond it

Seven: self-knowledge and advocacy

  • Learn about student rights, responsibilities and relevant VIU policies and procedures
  • Seek support in striving toward self-regulation, self-directed learning and self-advocacy

It is, ultimately, your responsibility to choose courses and programs to meet your own career or educational objectives.

Seven VIU Academic Advisors

Angela Meneghetti, Michelle Steel, and Leah Pond, (in back) Jamie Wood, Jennifer Christoffersen, Enrique Chacon, and Dale Hunt.