What is Project AURORA?
Between 2017 and 2021, VIU is replacing its Finance and HR/Payroll Information systems. The Student Information System will be updated after these are in place. This will include the tools students use to do things like register for classes, request transcripts, and much more.
These are very significant projects for VIU and will impact all students and employees in some way so we want to ensure we get input from across the campus community.
Many communications have been sent out to employees. See Communications history. As well, you can read the posts below or explore Employee videos.
A detailed description of the project can be found in the AURORA Project and Change Charter.
Training Materials
For training materials go to Employee Portal Training.
Status Update - February 2018
Finance System configuration has begun for the Finance system, which includes the redesign of the Chart of Accounts structure. Consultation meetings will be arranged with areas once the initial configuration draft is complete so that individual requirements can be discussed. Human Resources/...
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Status Update - AURORA Team
*not all team members are pictured in the photo. For a complete list with contact details, go here. It takes a lot of people to transform VIU’s administrative systems! There are 19 people who are directly working on the project either full-time or part-time through the implementation period. There...
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Status Update - Implementation has Begun!
Work has officially begun on the implementation of the Finance, HR, and Payroll systems. Starting September 11th, members of the Unit4 team have been on campus to conduct “Alignment Workshops” with both VIU and Selkirk College. During these workshops, project team members are learning more about...
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Unit4 Vendor Announcement Town Halls
Town Hall meetings are being held over the summer and fall months at all VIU campuses with the intent of announcing the vendor and raising awareness about Project AURORA. After a 16-month assessment and evaluation process, we are pleased to officially announce that VIU has selected Unit4 Business...
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