diff --git a/islandora/islandora.services.yml b/islandora/islandora.services.yml
index 938de6ed..d1a94b40 100644
--- a/islandora/islandora.services.yml
+++ b/islandora/islandora.services.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ services:
     tags:
       - { name: paramconverter }
     arguments: ['@entity.manager']
+  islandora.eventgenerator:
+    class: Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator\EventGenerator
diff --git a/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGenerator.php b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGenerator.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6040bed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGenerator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+/**
+ * The default EventGenerator implementation.
+ *
+ * Provides Activity Stream 2.0 serialized events.
+ */
+class EventGenerator implements EventGeneratorInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function generateCreateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user) {
+    return json_encode([
+      "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+      "type" => "Create",
+      "actor" => [
+        "type" => "Person",
+        "id" => $user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+      ],
+      "object" => $entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+    ]);
+  } 
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function generateUpdateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user) {
+    return json_encode([
+      "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+      "type" => "Update",
+      "actor" => [
+        "type" => "Person",
+        "id" => $user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+      ],
+      "object" => $entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function generateDeleteEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user) {
+    return json_encode([
+      "@context" => "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
+      "type" => "Delete",
+      "actor" => [
+        "type" => "Person",
+        "id" => $user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+      ],
+      "object" => $entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGeneratorInterface.php b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGeneratorInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59578a8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora/src/EventGenerator/EventGeneratorInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\user\UserInterface;
+
+interface EventGeneratorInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a serialized 'Create' event.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that was created.
+   * @param \Drupal\user\UserInterface $user
+   *   The user who created the entity.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Serialized event message
+   */
+  public function generateCreateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user);
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a serialized 'Create' event.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that was updated.
+   * @param \Drupal\user\UserInterface $user
+   *   The user who updated the entity.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Serialized event message
+   */
+  public function generateUpdateEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user);
+
+  /**
+   * Generates a serialized 'Create' event.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that was deleted.
+   * @param \Drupal\user\UserInterface $user
+   *   The user who deleted the entity.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Serialized event message
+   */
+  public function generateDeleteEvent(EntityInterface $entity, UserInterface $user);
+}
diff --git a/islandora/tests/src/Kernel/EventGeneratorTest.php b/islandora/tests/src/Kernel/EventGeneratorTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0fcceef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/islandora/tests/src/Kernel/EventGeneratorTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\islandora\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\islandora\Entity\FedoraResource;
+use Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator\EventGenerator;
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\simpletest\UserCreationTrait;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the EventGenerator default implementation.
+ *
+ * @group islandora
+ */
+class EventGeneratorTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  use UserCreationTrait {
+    createUser as drupalCreateUser;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * User entity.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $user;
+
+  /**
+   * Fedora resource entity.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\islandora\FedoraResourceInterface
+   */
+  protected $entity;
+
+  /**
+   * The EventGenerator to test.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\islandora\EventGenerator\EventGeneratorInterface
+   */
+  protected $eventGenerator;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static $modules = [
+    'system',
+    'user',
+    'field',
+    'filter',
+    'block',
+    'node',
+    'path',
+    'text',
+    'options',
+    'inline_entity_form',
+    'serialization',
+    'rest',
+    'rdf',
+    'jsonld',
+    'islandora'
+  ];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    // Bootstrap minimal Drupal environment to run the tests.
+    $this->installSchema('system', 'sequences');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('user');
+    $this->installConfig('filter');
+    $this->installEntitySchema('fedora_resource');
+
+    // Create a test user.
+    $this->user = $this->drupalCreateUser();
+
+    // Create a test entity.
+    $this->entity = FedoraResource::create([
+      "type" => "rdf_source",
+      "uid" => 1,
+      "name" => "Test Fixture",
+      "langcode" => "und",
+      "status" => 1,
+    ]); 
+    $this->entity->save();
+
+    // Create the event generator so we can test it.
+    $this->eventGenerator = new EventGenerator();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the generateCreateEvent() method.
+   */
+  public function testGenerateCreateEvent() {
+    $json = $this->eventGenerator->generateCreateEvent($this->entity, $this->user);
+    $msg = json_decode($json, TRUE);
+
+    // Assert basic message structure.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('@context', $msg), "Context key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["@context"] == "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "Context is activity stream.");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('type', $msg), "Type key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["type"] == "Create", "Event type is 'Create'.");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('actor', $msg), "Actor key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("type", $msg["actor"]), "Type key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["type"] == "Person", "Actor is a person.");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("id", $msg["actor"]), "Id key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["id"] == $this->user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Id is user's uri");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('object', $msg), "Object key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["object"] == $this->entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Object is entity uri.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the generateUpdateEvent() method.
+   */
+  public function testGenerateUpdateEvent() {
+    $json = $this->eventGenerator->generateUpdateEvent($this->entity, $this->user);
+    $msg = json_decode($json, TRUE);
+
+    // Assert basic message structure.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('@context', $msg), "Context key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["@context"] == "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "Context is activity stream.");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('type', $msg), "Type key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["type"] == "Update", "Event type is 'Update'.");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('actor', $msg), "Actor key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("type", $msg["actor"]), "Type key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["type"] == "Person", "Actor is a person.");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("id", $msg["actor"]), "Id key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["id"] == $this->user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Id is user's uri");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('object', $msg), "Object key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["object"] == $this->entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Object is entity uri.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the generateDeleteEvent() method.
+   */
+  public function testGenerateDeleteEvent() {
+    $json = $this->eventGenerator->generateDeleteEvent($this->entity, $this->user);
+    $msg = json_decode($json, TRUE);
+
+    // Assert basic message structure.
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('@context', $msg), "Context key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["@context"] == "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", "Context is activity stream.");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('type', $msg), "Type key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["type"] == "Delete", "Event type is 'Delete'.");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('actor', $msg), "Actor key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("type", $msg["actor"]), "Type key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["type"] == "Person", "Actor is a person.");
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists("id", $msg["actor"]), "Id key exists for actor.");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["actor"]["id"] == $this->user->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Id is user's uri");
+
+    $this->assertTrue(array_key_exists('object', $msg), "Object key exists");
+    $this->assertTrue($msg["object"] == $this->entity->toUrl()->setAbsolute()->toString(), "Object is entity uri.");
+  }
+
+}