Dr. Kelsey Harvey, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Experiential Studies in Community and Sport at Cape Breton University. A social gerontologist by training, her research is at the intersection of physical activity, community, and education in later life. Her current and past projects include research on interprofessional health and social service education in Canada, learning in and about nature through plogging/walking while picking up litter, and group fitness instructors as community educators in senior’s exercise. She uses community-based and participatory methods to ground her research in the lived experiences and daily realities of older people.