Super sports volunteer Brenda Chinn knows what she's talking about when it comes to the thousands of unpaid positions FIFA has opened up to cover the volunteer needs of the 2026 men's World Cup.

"You might not want to be in transportation or in a parking lot," she said. "Don't tell anybody you have a Class 4 licence. I purposely don't have one so I don't get stuck in transportation."

Free advice from someone whose free labour recently earned her the title 2025 Sport Tourism Canada volunteer of the year, and who for decades has helped fuel an untold number of events and tournaments around the Lower Mainland and beyond.

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When CBC caught up with Chinn, she was in the middle of shooting a volunteer video for Vancouver World Cup orga

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